S35.1
S35.1: Injury of inferior vena cava
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S35.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for injury of inferior vena cava. 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 vena cava NOS (S25.2)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Injury of hepatic vein
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 S35.1
4 child codes. Green means billable.
Other codes under S35
- S35.0Injury of abdominal aorta
- 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