ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S30-S39 › S31.4 Open wound of vagina and vulva › S31.44
Puncture wound with foreign body of vagina and vulva
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- S31.44XA Puncture wound with foreign body of vagina and vulva, initial encounter
- S31.44XD Puncture wound with foreign body of vagina and vulva, subsequent encounter
- S31.44XS Puncture wound with foreign body of vagina and vulva, 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 Puncture wound with foreign body of vagina and vulva
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.
- Puncture > hymen
- Puncture > labium
- Puncture > clitoris
- Puncture > pudendum
- Wound, open > labium
- Rupture, ruptured > vagina
- Puncture > rectovaginal septum
- Wound, open > hymen > puncture
- Wound, open > vulva > puncture
- Wound, open > vagina > puncture
- Wound, open > clitoris > puncture
- Wound, open > perineum > puncture
- Wound, open > rectovaginal septum
- Rupture, ruptured > traumatic > vagina
- Perforation, perforated > vagina > other trauma
- Puncture > genital organs, external > female > vulva
- Puncture > genital organs, external > female > vagina
- Puncture > vulva > with foreign body
- Puncture > vagina > with foreign body
- Injury > vulva > puncture > with foreign body
- Injury > vagina > puncture > with foreign body
- Puncture > perineum > female > with foreign body
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S31.40 | Unspecified open wound of vagina and vulva | Not billable |
| S31.41 | Laceration without foreign body of vagina and vulva | Not billable |
| S31.42 | Laceration with foreign body of vagina and vulva | Not billable |
| S31.43 | Puncture wound without foreign body of vagina and vulva | Not billable |
| S31.45 | Open bite of vagina and vulva | Not billable |