S32.048A: Other fracture of fourth lumbar vertebra, initial encounter for closed fracture
S32.048A is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other fracture of fourth lumbar vertebra, initial encounter for closed fracture. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check S32.048A with the rest of the claim: free scrubber7th character "A": initial encounter for closed fracture
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S32
- A
- initial encounter for closed fracture
- B
- initial encounter for open fracture
- D
- subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- G
- subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- K
- subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- S
- sequela
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S32.048A
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S32.048A
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Other codes that can never be billed with S32.048A
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
S32.048A risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 401 Vertebral Fractures without Spinal Cord Injury0.522 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.
Medicare coverage
S32.048A is named in 7 Medicare coverage policies: 7 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56396Billing and Coding: Lumbar Spinal Fusion
- A57132Billing and Coding: Bone Mass Measurement
- A57205Billing and Coding: Oximetry Services
- A57206Billing and Coding: Lumbar MRI
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under S32.048
- S32.048BOther fracture of fourth lumbar vertebra, initial encounter for open fracture
- S32.048DOther fracture of fourth lumbar vertebra, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- S32.048GOther fracture of fourth lumbar vertebra, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- S32.048KOther fracture of fourth lumbar vertebra, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- S32.048SOther fracture of fourth lumbar vertebra, sequela