S36.500

S36.500: Unspecified injury of ascending [right] colon

Non-billable headerICD-10-CMright

S36.500 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified injury of ascending [right] colon. 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

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S36.500

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on S36.5: Injury of colon

injury of rectum (S36.6-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Injury›intestine›large›ascending(right)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead S36.500

3 child codes. Green means billable.