S36.51
S36.51: Primary blast injury of colon
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S36.51 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for primary blast injury of 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
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Blast injury of colon NOS
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 S36.51
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- S36.510Primary blast injury of ascending [right] colon
- S36.511Primary blast injury of transverse colon
- S36.512Primary blast injury of descending [left] colon
- S36.513Primary blast injury of sigmoid colon
- S36.518Primary blast injury of other part of colon
- S36.519Primary blast injury of unspecified part of colon