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S37

Injury of urinary and pelvic organs

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 9 more specific codes instead:

  • S37.0 Injury of kidney (also a header)
  • S37.1 Injury of ureter (also a header)
  • S37.2 Injury of bladder (also a header)
  • S37.3 Injury of urethra (also a header)
  • S37.4 Injury of ovary (also a header)
  • S37.5 Injury of fallopian tube (also a header)
  • S37.6 Injury of uterus (also a header)
  • S37.8 Injury of other urinary and pelvic organs (also a header)
  • S37.9 Injury of unspecified urinary and pelvic organ (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 Injury of urinary and pelvic organs

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.

This code

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S37

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • obstetric trauma to pelvic organs (O71.-)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • injury of peritoneum (S36.81)
  • injury of retroperitoneum (S36.89-)

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