S32.40
S32.40 — Unspecified fracture of acetabulum
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S32.40 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified fracture of acetabulum. 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 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
Risk adjustment
S32.40 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.
Code to one of these instead S32.40
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S32.4. If S32.40 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S32.41Fracture of anterior wall of acetabulum
- S32.42Fracture of posterior wall of acetabulum
- S32.43Fracture of anterior column [iliopubic] of acetabulum
- S32.44Fracture of posterior column [ilioischial] of acetabulum
- S32.45Transverse fracture of acetabulum
- S32.46Associated transverse-posterior fracture of acetabulum
- S32.47Fracture of medial wall of acetabulum
- S32.48Dome fracture of acetabulum
- S32.49Other specified fracture of acetabulum
Questions about S32.40
- Is S32.40 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S32.40 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S32.40 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).