Unspecified injury of urethra

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:

S37.30XA Unspecified injury of urethra, initial encounter
S37.30XD Unspecified injury of urethra, subsequent encounter
S37.30XS Unspecified injury of urethra, 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 Unspecified injury of urethra

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 S37 Injury of urinary and pelvic organs

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

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 > periurethral tissue
Injury > intra-abdominal > urethra
Injury > urethra

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S37.32	Contusion of urethra	Not billable
S37.33	Laceration of urethra	Not billable
S37.39	Other injury of urethra	Not billable