S35.0
S35.0 — Injury of abdominal aorta
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S35.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for injury of abdominal aorta. 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 S35
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes1 — never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- injury of aorta NOS (S25.0)
Risk adjustment
S35.0 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 S35.0
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S35. If S35.0 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S35.1Injury of inferior vena cava
- S35.2Injury of celiac or mesenteric artery and branches
- S35.3Injury of portal or splenic vein and branches
- S35.4Injury of renal blood vessels
- S35.5Injury of iliac blood vessels
- S35.8Injury of other blood vessels at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level
- S35.9Injury of unspecified blood vessel at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level
Questions about S35.0
- Is S35.0 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S35.0 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S35.0 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).
- What cannot be coded together with S35.0?
- S35.0 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.