S20.97Other superficial bite of unspecified parts of thorax

S20.97 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other superficial bite of unspecified parts of thorax. It belongs to category S20 (superficial injury of thorax), block S20-S29 (injuries to the thorax) and chapter 19 (injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within S20.9, choose S20.97 (Other superficial bite of unspecified parts of thorax) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: unspecified superficial injury of unspecified parts of thorax (S20.90), abrasion of unspecified parts of thorax (S20.91), Blister (nonthermal) of unspecified parts of thorax (S20.92), external constriction of unspecified parts of thorax (S20.94), superficial foreign body of unspecified parts of thorax (S20.95) and insect bite (nonvenomous) of unspecified parts of thorax (S20.96).

Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter, D for subsequent encounter and S for sequela. Use placeholder "X" characters to fill any empty positions before the 7th character.

Don't report S20.97 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: open bite of thorax NOS (S21.95).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.