Is S30.871 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. S30.871 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does S30.871 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).

What cannot be coded together with S30.871?

S30.871 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above S30.871 (S30.87) and apply to it just the same.

S30.871

S30.871 — Other superficial bite of abdominal wall

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S30.871 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other superficial bite of abdominal wall. 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 S30.871

These are not written on S30.871, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing S30.871 with anything listed here is a denial.

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 S30.871

Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of S30.871, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.

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 S30.871

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at S30.871. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading S30.871 alone.

S31.15Open bite of abdominal wall without penetration into peritoneal cavity
S31.65Open bite of abdominal wall with penetration into peritoneal cavity

Risk adjustment

S30.871 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 S30.871 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 S30.871.

Bite›abdomen, abdominal›wall›superficial NEC
Injury›superficial NEC›abdomen, abdominal›bite

Code history

S30.871 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Code to one of these instead S30.871

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share S30.87. If S30.871 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about S30.871

Is S30.871 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. S30.871 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does S30.871 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).
What cannot be coded together with S30.871?: S30.871 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above S30.871 (S30.87) and apply to it just the same.