S30.9
S30.9 — Unspecified superficial injury of abdomen, lower back, pelvis and external genitals
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S30.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified superficial injury of abdomen, lower back, pelvis and external genitals. 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
S30.9 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.
Code to one of these instead S30.9
9 child codes. Green means billable.
- S30.91Unspecified superficial injury of lower back and pelvis
- S30.92Unspecified superficial injury of abdominal wall
- S30.93Unspecified superficial injury of penis
- S30.94Unspecified superficial injury of scrotum and testes
- S30.95Unspecified superficial injury of vagina and vulva
- S30.96Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified external genital organs, male
- S30.97Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified external genital organs, female
- S30.98Unspecified superficial injury of anus
- S30.9AUnspecified superficial injury of flank
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S30. If S30.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about S30.9
- Is S30.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S30.9 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S30.9 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).