S31.825
S31.825: Open bite of left buttock
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMleft
S31.825 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for open bite of left buttock. 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
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- superficial bite of buttock (S30.870)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Bite of left buttock NOS
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S31.825
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S31.825
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
- Bite›buttock›left
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead S31.825
3 child codes. Green means billable.