S35.91 — Laceration of unspecified blood vessel at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level
S35.91 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for laceration of unspecified blood vessel at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level. 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
Risk adjustment
S35.91 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 S35.91 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 S35.91.
- Injury›blood vessel NEC›abdomen›laceration
Code to one of these instead S35.91
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- S35.91XALaceration of unspecified blood vessel at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level, initial encounter
- S35.91XDLaceration of unspecified blood vessel at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level, subsequent encounter
- S35.91XSLaceration of unspecified blood vessel at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S35.9. If S35.91 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about S35.91
- Is S35.91 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S35.91 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S35.91 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).