2024 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S36
Injury of intra-abdominal organs
- ICD-10-CM Code:
- S36
- ICD-10 Code for:
- Injury of intra-abdominal organs
- Is Billable?
- Not Valid for Submission
- Code Navigator:
S36 is a non-specific and non-billable diagnosis code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of injury of intra-abdominal organs. The code is not specific and is NOT valid for the year 2024 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. Category or Header define the heading of a category of codes that may be further subdivided by the use of 4th, 5th, 6th or 7th characters.
Specific Coding Applicable to Injury of intra-abdominal organs
Non-specific codes like S36 require more digits to indicate the appropriate level of specificity. Consider using any of the following ICD-10-CM codes with a higher level of specificity when coding for injury of intra-abdominal organs:
S36.0 for Injury of spleen - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.00 for Unspecified injury of spleen - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.02 for Contusion of spleen - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.03 for Laceration of spleen - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.09 for Other injury of spleen - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.1 for Injury of liver and gallbladder and bile duct - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.11 for Injury of liver - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.12 for Injury of gallbladder - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.13 for Injury of bile duct - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.2 for Injury of pancreas - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.20 for Unspecified injury of pancreas - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.22 for Contusion of pancreas - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.23 for Laceration of pancreas, unspecified degree - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.24 for Minor laceration of pancreas - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.25 for Moderate laceration of pancreas - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.26 for Major laceration of pancreas - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.29 for Other injury of pancreas - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.3 for Injury of stomach - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.30 for Unspecified injury of stomach - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.32 for Contusion of stomach - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.33 for Laceration of stomach - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.39 for Other injury of stomach - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.4 for Injury of small intestine - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.40 for Unspecified injury of small intestine - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.41 for Primary blast injury of small intestine - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.42 for Contusion of small intestine - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.43 for Laceration of small intestine - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.49 for Other injury of small intestine - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.5 for Injury of colon - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.50 for Unspecified injury of colon - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.51 for Primary blast injury of colon - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.52 for Contusion of colon - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.53 for Laceration of colon - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.59 for Other injury of colon - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.6 for Injury of rectum - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.60 for Unspecified injury of rectum - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.61 for Primary blast injury of rectum - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.62 for Contusion of rectum - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.63 for Laceration of rectum - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.69 for Other injury of rectum - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.8 for Injury of other intra-abdominal organs - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.81 for Injury of peritoneum - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.89 for Injury of other intra-abdominal organs - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.9 for Injury of unspecified intra-abdominal organ - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.90 for Unspecified injury of unspecified intra-abdominal organ - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.92 for Contusion of unspecified intra-abdominal organ - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.93 for Laceration of unspecified intra-abdominal organ - NON-BILLABLE CODE
S36.99 for Other injury of unspecified intra-abdominal organ - NON-BILLABLE CODE
Coding Guidelines
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from block Injury of intra-abdominal organs (S36). Use the following options for the aplicable episode of care:
- A - initial encounter
- D - subsequent encounter
- S - sequela
Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries
The following annotation back-references are applicable to this diagnosis code. The Tabular List of Diseases and Injuries is a list of ICD-10-CM codes, organized "head to toe" into chapters and sections with coding notes and guidance for inclusions, exclusions, descriptions and more.
Code Also
Code AlsoA "code also" note instructs that two codes may be required to fully describe a condition, but this note does not provide sequencing direction.
- any associated open wound S31
7th Character Note
7th Character NoteCertain ICD-10-CM categories have applicable 7th characters. The applicable 7th character is required for all codes within the category, or as the notes in the Tabular List instruct. The 7th character must always be the 7th character in the data field. If a code that requires a 7th character is not 6 characters, a placeholder X must be used to fill in the empty characters.
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S36
7th Character
7th CharacterIndicates that a seventh character is to be assigned to codes in a subcategory.
- A - initial encounter
- D - subsequent encounter
- S - sequela
Code History
- FY 2024 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2023 through 9/30/2024
- FY 2023 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2022 through 9/30/2023
- FY 2022 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2021 through 9/30/2022
- FY 2021 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2020 through 9/30/2021
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016. This was the first year ICD-10-CM was implemented into the HIPAA code set.