Unspecified fracture of unspecified pubis

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 6 more specific codes instead:

S32.509A Unspecified fracture of unspecified pubis, initial encounter for closed fracture
S32.509B Unspecified fracture of unspecified pubis, initial encounter for open fracture
S32.509D Unspecified fracture of unspecified pubis, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
S32.509G Unspecified fracture of unspecified pubis, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
S32.509K Unspecified fracture of unspecified pubis, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
S32.509S Unspecified fracture of unspecified pubis, 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 Unspecified fracture of unspecified pubis

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 S32 Fracture of lumbar spine and pelvis

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

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.

Fracture, traumatic > os > pubis
Fracture, traumatic > symphysis pubis
Fracture, traumatic > pelvis, pelvic > pubis
Fracture, traumatic > ramus > inferior or superior, pubis
Fracture, traumatic > pubis

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S32.501	Unspecified fracture of right pubis	Not billable
S32.502	Unspecified fracture of left pubis	Not billable