ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S30-S39 › S36.53 Laceration of colon › S36.539
Laceration of unspecified part of colon
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- S36.539A Laceration of unspecified part of colon, initial encounter
- S36.539D Laceration of unspecified part of colon, subsequent encounter
- S36.539S Laceration of unspecified part of colon, 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 Laceration of unspecified part of colon
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
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.
- Injury > cecum
- Injury > colon
- Laceration > bowel
- Laceration > colon
- Injury > internal > cecum
- Laceration > large intestine
- Injury > intra-abdominal > colon
- Injury > internal > intestine NEC
- Injury > intra-abdominal > intestine
- Rupture, ruptured > colon > traumatic
- Injury > gastrointestinal tract > colon
- Perforation, perforated > bowel > traumatic
- Perforation, perforated > colon > traumatic
- Rupture, ruptured > intestine NEC > traumatic
- Laceration > intra-abdominal organ > intestine
- Perforation, perforated > intestine NEC > traumatic
- Laceration > intestine > large > colon
- Injury > intestine > large > laceration
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S36.530 | Laceration of ascending [right] colon | Not billable |
| S36.531 | Laceration of transverse colon | Not billable |
| S36.532 | Laceration of descending [left] colon | Not billable |
| S36.533 | Laceration of sigmoid colon | Not billable |
| S36.538 | Laceration of other part of colon | Not billable |