S31.134 — Puncture wound of abdominal wall without foreign body, left lower quadrant without penetration into peritoneal cavity
S31.134 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for puncture wound of abdominal wall without foreign body, left lower quadrant without penetration into peritoneal cavity. 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
Risk adjustment
S31.134 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 S31.134 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 S31.134.
- Puncture›abdomen, abdominal›wall›left›lower quadrant
Code to one of these instead S31.134
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- S31.134APuncture wound of abdominal wall without foreign body, left lower quadrant without penetration into peritoneal cavity, initial encounter
- S31.134DPuncture wound of abdominal wall without foreign body, left lower quadrant without penetration into peritoneal cavity, subsequent encounter
- S31.134SPuncture wound of abdominal wall without foreign body, left lower quadrant without penetration into peritoneal cavity, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S31.13. If S31.134 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S31.130Puncture wound of abdominal wall without foreign body, right upper quadrant without penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.131Puncture wound of abdominal wall without foreign body, left upper quadrant without penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.132Puncture wound of abdominal wall without foreign body, epigastric region without penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.133Puncture wound of abdominal wall without foreign body, right lower quadrant without penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.135Puncture wound of abdominal wall without foreign body, periumbilic region without penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.136Puncture wound of abdominal wall without foreign body, right flank without penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.137Puncture wound of abdominal wall without foreign body, left flank without penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.139Puncture wound of abdominal wall without foreign body, unspecified quadrant without penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.13APuncture wound of abdominal wall without foreign body, unspecified flank without penetration into peritoneal cavity
Questions about S31.134
- Is S31.134 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S31.134 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S31.134 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).