S22.5 - Flail chest
The ICD 10 Code for Flail chest is listed as S22.5.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.
| ICD 10 CM Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Diagnosis Code: | S22.5
|
| Description: | Flail chest |
| Chapter | Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) |
| Block | Injuries to the thorax (S20-S29) |
| Parent | S22 - Fracture of rib(s), sternum and thoracic spine |
| ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of S22.5: | |
| S22.0 - Fracture of thoracic vertebra | |
| S22.2 - Fracture of sternum | |
| S22.3 - Fracture of one rib | |
| S22.4 - Multiple fractures of ribs | |
| S22.9 - Fracture of bony thorax, part unspecified | |