ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S30-S39 › S36.2 Injury of pancreas › S36.23

S36.23

Laceration of pancreas, unspecified degree

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 4 more specific codes instead:

  • S36.230 Laceration of head of pancreas, unspecified degree (also a header)
  • S36.231 Laceration of body of pancreas, unspecified degree (also a header)
  • S36.232 Laceration of tail of pancreas, unspecified degree (also a header)
  • S36.239 Laceration of unspecified part of pancreas, unspecified degree (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 Laceration of pancreas, unspecified degree

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 S36 Injury of intra-abdominal organs

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S36

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
S36.20 Unspecified injury of pancreas Not billable
S36.22 Contusion of pancreas Not billable
S36.24 Minor laceration of pancreas Not billable
S36.25 Moderate laceration of pancreas Not billable
S36.26 Major laceration of pancreas Not billable
S36.29 Other injury of pancreas Not billable