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S31.12

Laceration with foreign body of abdominal wall without penetration into peritoneal cavity

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 10 more specific codes instead:

  • S31.120 Laceration of abdominal wall with foreign body, right upper quadrant without penetration into peritoneal cavity (also a header)
  • S31.121 Laceration of abdominal wall with foreign body, left upper quadrant without penetration into peritoneal cavity (also a header)
  • S31.122 Laceration of abdominal wall with foreign body, epigastric region without penetration into peritoneal cavity (also a header)
  • S31.123 Laceration of abdominal wall with foreign body, right lower quadrant without penetration into peritoneal cavity (also a header)
  • S31.124 Laceration of abdominal wall with foreign body, left lower quadrant without penetration into peritoneal cavity (also a header)
  • S31.125 Laceration of abdominal wall with foreign body, periumbilic region without penetration into peritoneal cavity (also a header)
  • S31.126 Laceration with foreign body of abdominal wall, right flank without penetration into peritoneal cavity (also a header)
  • S31.127 Laceration with foreign body of abdominal wall, left flank without penetration into peritoneal cavity (also a header)
  • S31.129 Laceration of abdominal wall with foreign body, unspecified quadrant without penetration into peritoneal cavity (also a header)
  • S31.12A Laceration with foreign body of abdominal wall unspecified flank without penetration into peritoneal cavity (also a header)

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Laceration with foreign body of abdominal wall without penetration into peritoneal cavity

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from S31 Open wound of abdomen, lower back, pelvis and external genitals

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S31

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • traumatic amputation of part of abdomen, lower back and pelvis (S38.2-, S38.3)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • open wound of hip (S71.00-S71.02)
  • open fracture of pelvis (S32.1--S32.9 with 7th character B)

Code also

  • any associated:
  • spinal cord injury (S24.0, S24.1-, S34.0-, S34.1-)
  • wound infection

Inherited from the S30-S39 section Injuries to the abdomen, lower back, lumbar spine, pelvis and external genitals (S30-S39)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
  • effects of foreign body in anus and rectum (T18.5)
  • effects of foreign body in genitourinary tract (T19.-)
  • effects of foreign body in stomach, small intestine and colon (T18.2-T18.4)
  • frostbite (T33-T34)
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)

Includes

  • injuries to the abdominal wall
  • injuries to the anus
  • injuries to the buttock
  • injuries to the external genitalia
  • injuries to the flank
  • injuries to the groin

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
S31.10 Unspecified open wound of abdominal wall without penetration into peritoneal cavity Not billable
S31.11 Laceration without foreign body of abdominal wall without penetration into peritoneal cavity Not billable
S31.13 Puncture wound of abdominal wall without foreign body without penetration into peritoneal cavity Not billable
S31.14 Puncture wound of abdominal wall with foreign body without penetration into peritoneal cavity Not billable
S31.15 Open bite of abdominal wall without penetration into peritoneal cavity Not billable