S31.15A

S31.15A: Open bite of abdominal wall, unspecified flank without penetration into peritoneal cavity

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S31.15A is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for open bite of abdominal wall, unspecified flank 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

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Open bite of abdominal wall of flank NOS without penetration into peritoneal cavity

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S31.15A

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on S31.15: Open bite of abdominal wall without penetration into peritoneal cavity

superficial bite of abdominal wall (S30.871)

Written on S31: Open wound of abdomen, lower back, pelvis and external genitals

traumatic amputation of part of abdomen, lower back and pelvis (S38.2-, S38.3)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S31.15A

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

Written on S31.1: Open wound of abdominal wall without penetration into peritoneal cavity

open wound of abdominal wall with penetration into peritoneal cavity (S31.6-)

Written on S31: Open wound of abdomen, lower back, pelvis and external genitals

open wound of hip (S71.00-S71.02)
open fracture of pelvis (S32.1--S32.9 with 7th character B)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Bite›flank

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead S31.15A

3 child codes. Green means billable.