Other injury 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.

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:

S36.590 Other injury of ascending [right] colon (also a header)
S36.591 Other injury of transverse colon (also a header)
S36.592 Other injury of descending [left] colon (also a header)
S36.593 Other injury of sigmoid colon (also a header)
S36.598 Other injury of other part of colon (also a header)
S36.599 Other injury of unspecified part of colon (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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Other injury 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

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S36.50	Unspecified injury of colon	Not billable
S36.51	Primary blast injury of colon	Not billable
S36.52	Contusion of colon	Not billable
S36.53	Laceration of colon	Not billable