Laceration with foreign body of scrotum and testes

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 3 more specific codes instead:

S31.32XA Laceration with foreign body of scrotum and testes, initial encounter
S31.32XD Laceration with foreign body of scrotum and testes, subsequent encounter
S31.32XS Laceration with foreign body of scrotum and testes, sequela

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

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 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.

FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Laceration with foreign body of scrotum and testes

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

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Laceration > pudendum
Laceration > epididymis
Wound, open > epididymis
Laceration > spermatic cord
Wound, open > spermatic cord
Laceration > tunica vaginalis
Wound, open > tunica vaginalis
Wound, open > testis > laceration
Wound, open > scrotum > laceration
Laceration > genital organs, external > male > testis
Laceration > genital organs, external > male > scrotum
Laceration > testis > with foreign body
Laceration > scrotum > with foreign body

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S31.30	Unspecified open wound of scrotum and testes	Not billable
S31.31	Laceration without foreign body of scrotum and testes	Not billable
S31.33	Puncture wound without foreign body of scrotum and testes	Not billable
S31.34	Puncture wound with foreign body of scrotum and testes	Not billable
S31.35	Open bite of scrotum and testes	Not billable