ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S30-S39 › S35.23 Injury of inferior mesenteric artery › S35.232

S35.232

Major laceration of inferior mesenteric artery

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 3 more specific codes instead:

  • S35.232A Major laceration of inferior mesenteric artery, initial encounter
  • S35.232D Major laceration of inferior mesenteric artery, subsequent encounter
  • S35.232S Major laceration of inferior mesenteric artery, 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.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Major laceration of inferior mesenteric artery

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
S35.231 Minor laceration of inferior mesenteric artery Not billable
S35.238 Other injury of inferior mesenteric artery Not billable
S35.239 Unspecified injury of inferior mesenteric artery Not billable