S36.021
S36.021: Major contusion of spleen
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S36.021 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for major contusion of spleen. 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 S36
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Contusion of spleen greater than 2 cm
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Contusion›spleen›major
- Injury›spleen›contusion›major
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead S36.021
3 child codes. Green means billable.