Laceration with foreign body of unspecified external genital organs

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 2 more specific codes instead:

S31.521 Laceration with foreign body of unspecified external genital organs, male (also a header)
S31.522 Laceration with foreign body of unspecified external genital organs, female (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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Laceration with foreign body of unspecified external genital organs

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

Code	Description	Status
S31.50	Unspecified open wound of unspecified external genital organs	Not billable
S31.51	Laceration without foreign body of unspecified external genital organs	Not billable
S31.53	Puncture wound without foreign body of unspecified external genital organs	Not billable
S31.54	Puncture wound with foreign body of unspecified external genital organs	Not billable
S31.55	Open bite of unspecified external genital organs	Not billable