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S32.81

S32.81: Multiple fractures of pelvis with disruption of pelvic ring

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S32.81 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for multiple fractures of pelvis with disruption of pelvic ring. 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

Inclusion terms

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

  • Multiple pelvic fractures with disruption of pelvic circle

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S32.81

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on S32: Fracture of lumbar spine and pelvis

  • transection of abdomen (S38.3)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S32.81

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

Written on S32: Fracture of lumbar spine and pelvis

  • fracture of hip NOS (S72.0-)

Other codes that can never be billed with S32.81

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • M48.5Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified
  • M84.3Stress fracture
  • M84.4Pathological fracture, not elsewhere classified

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead S32.81

2 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under S32.8

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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