S31.040
S31.040: Puncture wound with foreign body of lower back and pelvis without penetration into retroperitoneum
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S31.040 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for puncture wound with foreign body of lower back and pelvis without penetration into retroperitoneum. 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 S31
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Puncture wound with foreign body of lower back and pelvis NOS
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S31.040
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S31.040
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Perforation, perforated›pelvic›floor›with›retained foreign body
- Puncture›back›lower›with›foreign body
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead S31.040
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- S31.040APuncture wound with foreign body of lower back and pelvis without penetration into retroperitoneum, initial encounter
- S31.040DPuncture wound with foreign body of lower back and pelvis without penetration into retroperitoneum, subsequent encounter
- S31.040SPuncture wound with foreign body of lower back and pelvis without penetration into retroperitoneum, sequela