S30.855 — Superficial foreign body of unspecified external genital organs, male
S30.855 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for superficial foreign body of unspecified external genital organs, male. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S30
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
S30.855 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How S30.855 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to S30.855.
- Foreign body›superficial, without open wound›genital organs, external›male
- Foreign body›superficial, without open wound›pudendum›male
Code to one of these instead S30.855
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S30.85. If S30.855 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S30.850Superficial foreign body of lower back and pelvis
- S30.851Superficial foreign body of abdominal wall
- S30.852Superficial foreign body of penis
- S30.853Superficial foreign body of scrotum and testes
- S30.854Superficial foreign body of vagina and vulva
- S30.856Superficial foreign body of unspecified external genital organs, female
- S30.857Superficial foreign body of anus
- S30.85ASuperficial foreign body of flank
Questions about S30.855
- Is S30.855 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S30.855 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S30.855 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Injuries to the abdomen, lower back, lumbar spine, pelvis and external genitals (S30-S39).