S27.0
Billable codeTraumatic pneumothorax
The ICD-10 code for traumatic pneumothorax is S27.0.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- spontaneous pneumothorax (J93.-)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- S27.1Traumatic hemothorax
- S27.2Traumatic hemopneumothorax
- S27.3Other and unspecified injuries of lungnon-billable header
- S27.4Injury of bronchusnon-billable header
- S27.5Injury of thoracic tracheanon-billable header
- S27.6Injury of pleuranon-billable header
- S27.8Injury of other specified intrathoracic organsnon-billable header
- S27.9Injury of unspecified intrathoracic organ
- S27.0Traumatic pneumothorax