S32.9 — Fracture of unspecified parts of lumbosacral spine and pelvis
S32.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for fracture of unspecified parts of lumbosacral spine and pelvis. 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.
- Fracture of lumbosacral spine NOS
- Fracture of pelvis NOS
Risk adjustment
S32.9 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 S32.9 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 S32.9.
- Fracture, traumatic›lumbosacral spine
- Fracture, traumatic›pelvis, pelvic(bone)
Code to one of these instead S32.9
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- S32.9XXAFracture of unspecified parts of lumbosacral spine and pelvis, initial encounter for closed fracture
- S32.9XXBFracture of unspecified parts of lumbosacral spine and pelvis, initial encounter for open fracture
- S32.9XXDFracture of unspecified parts of lumbosacral spine and pelvis, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- S32.9XXGFracture of unspecified parts of lumbosacral spine and pelvis, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- S32.9XXKFracture of unspecified parts of lumbosacral spine and pelvis, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- S32.9XXSFracture of unspecified parts of lumbosacral spine and pelvis, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S32. If S32.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about S32.9
- Is S32.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S32.9 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S32.9 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).