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S32

Fracture of lumbar spine and pelvis

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 9 more specific codes instead:

  • S32.0 Fracture of lumbar vertebra (also a header)
  • S32.1 Fracture of sacrum (also a header)
  • S32.2 Fracture of coccyx (also a header)
  • S32.3 Fracture of ilium (also a header)
  • S32.4 Fracture of acetabulum (also a header)
  • S32.5 Fracture of pubis (also a header)
  • S32.6 Fracture of ischium (also a header)
  • S32.8 Fracture of other parts of pelvis (also a header)
  • S32.9 Fracture of unspecified parts of lumbosacral spine and pelvis (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 Fracture of lumbar spine and pelvis

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.

This code

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S32

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • transection of abdomen (S38.3)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • fracture of hip NOS (S72.0-)

Code first

  • any associated spinal cord and spinal nerve injury (S34.-)

Includes

  • fracture of lumbosacral neural arch
  • fracture of lumbosacral spinous process
  • fracture of lumbosacral transverse process
  • fracture of lumbosacral vertebra
  • fracture of lumbosacral vertebral arch

Note

  • A fracture not indicated as displaced or nondisplaced should be coded to displaced
  • A fracture not indicated as opened or closed should be coded to closed

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