ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S30-S39 › S37.3 Injury of urethra › S37.33
Laceration 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.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- S37.33XA Laceration of urethra, initial encounter
- S37.33XD Laceration of urethra, subsequent encounter
- S37.33XS Laceration 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 Laceration 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
- Laceration > periurethral tissue
- Injury > intra-abdominal > urethra
- Laceration > urethra
- Injury > urethra > laceration
- Laceration > pelvic > organ > urethra
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S37.30 | Unspecified injury of urethra | Not billable |
| S37.32 | Contusion of urethra | Not billable |
| S37.39 | Other injury of urethra | Not billable |