2025 ICD-10-CM code S29.0
Injury of muscle and tendon at thorax level.
Medical necessity is established by the nature and severity of the injury, impacting the patient's function and requiring medical intervention.
Providers diagnose the condition based on the patient’s history and physical examination with specific attention to the injured structure and type of injury; imaging techniques such as X–rays for more serious injuries. Treatment options include medication such as analgesics, muscle relaxants, and nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs; bracing to prevent movement and reduce pain or swelling; and surgery for severe injuries.
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- Injuries to the thorax (S20-S29)
In simple words: This code describes an injury to the muscles and tendons in your chest area.
Injury of muscle and tendon at thorax level refers to sprains, strains or excessive stretching, tears and lacerations, and other injuries of the fibers that make up the muscles and the fibrous tissue that connects muscle to bone due to trauma.
Example 1: A patient presents to the emergency room after a car accident with pain and bruising in their chest. Upon examination, the physician diagnoses a strain of the intercostal muscles., A football player is tackled and experiences sharp pain in his chest. An MRI reveals a torn pectoralis muscle., A construction worker falls from a ladder and lands on his chest. He is diagnosed with a torn serratus anterior muscle and a fractured rib.
Documentation should include the patient's history, physical exam findings, imaging results, and treatment plan.
** Excludes1: birth trauma (P10-P15), obstetric trauma (O70-O71). Excludes2: burns and corrosions (T20-T32), effects of foreign body in bronchus (T17.5), effects of foreign body in esophagus (T18.1), effects of foreign body in lung (T17.8), effects of foreign body in trachea (T17.4), frostbite (T33-T34), injuries of axilla, injuries of clavicle, injuries of scapular region, injuries of shoulder, insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4).
- Payment Status: Active
- Specialties:Emergency Medicine, Orthopedics, Sports Medicine, Trauma Surgery
- Place of Service:Emergency Room - Hospital, Inpatient Hospital, Office, Outpatient Hospital, Urgent Care Facility