S32.48 — Dome fracture of acetabulum
S32.48 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for dome 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
S32.48 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 S32.48 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 S32.48.
- Fracture, traumatic›acetabulum›dome›nondisplaced
Code to one of these instead S32.48
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- S32.481Displaced dome fracture of right acetabulum
- S32.482Displaced dome fracture of left acetabulum
- S32.483Displaced dome fracture of unspecified acetabulum
- S32.484Nondisplaced dome fracture of right acetabulum
- S32.485Nondisplaced dome fracture of left acetabulum
- S32.486Nondisplaced dome fracture of unspecified acetabulum
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S32.4. If S32.48 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S32.40Unspecified fracture of acetabulum
- 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
- S32.49Other specified fracture of acetabulum
Questions about S32.48
- Is S32.48 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S32.48 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S32.48 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).