ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S30-S39 › S35.221 Minor laceration of superior... › S35.221S
Minor laceration of superior mesenteric artery, sequela
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Minor laceration of superior mesenteric artery, sequela
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 S35 Injury of blood vessels at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S35
Code also
- any associated open wound (S31.-)
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.
- Transection > mesenteric artery
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > pelvis
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > lower back
- Injury > abdomen, abdominal > blood vessel
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > gastric > vein
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > hepatic > artery
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > mesenteric > artery
- Rupture, ruptured > mesenteric artery, traumatic
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > pelvis > specified NEC
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > lower back > specified NEC
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > abdomen > mesenteric vessel
- Injury > mesenteric > artery > superior > laceration
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S35.221A | Minor laceration of superior mesenteric artery, initial encounter | Valid |
| S35.221D | Minor laceration of superior mesenteric artery, subsequent encounter | Valid |