S36.116
S36.116: Major laceration of liver
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S36.116 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for major laceration of liver. 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.
- Laceration with significant disruption of hepatic parenchyma [i.e., greater than 10 cm long and 3 cm deep]
- Multiple moderate lacerations, with or without hematoma
- Stellate laceration of liver
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Rupture, ruptured›liver
- Laceration›liver›major(stellate)
- Rupture, ruptured›traumatic›liver
- Injury›liver›laceration›major(stellate)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead S36.116
3 child codes. Green means billable.