S30.870

S30.870: Other superficial bite of lower back and pelvis

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S30.870 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other superficial bite of lower back and pelvis. 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

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S30.870

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on S30.87: Other superficial bite of abdomen, lower back, pelvis and external genitals

open bite of abdomen, lower back, pelvis and external genitals (S31.05, S31.15, S31.25, S31.35, S31.45, S31.55)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S30.870

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on S30: Superficial injury of abdomen, lower back, pelvis and external genitals

superficial injury of hip (S70.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with S30.870

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

S31.05Open bite of lower back and pelvis
S31.805Open bite of unspecified buttock
S31.805AOpen bite of unspecified buttock, initial encounter
S31.805DOpen bite of unspecified buttock, subsequent encounter
S31.805SOpen bite of unspecified buttock, sequela
S31.815Open bite of right buttock
S31.815AOpen bite of right buttock, initial encounter
S31.815DOpen bite of right buttock, subsequent encounter

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Bite›buttock›superficial NEC
Bite›pelvis›superficial NEC
Bite›back›lower›superficial NEC
Injury›superficial NEC›back›lower›superficial›bite NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead S30.870

3 child codes. Green means billable.