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S36.69

S36.69: Other injury of rectum

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S36.69 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other injury of rectum. 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.

  • Secondary blast injury of rectum

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Rupture, ruptured›rectum›traumatic
  • Rupture, ruptured›traumatic›rectum
  • Puncture›intestine›large›rectum
  • Injury›intestine›large›rectum›specified type NEC
  • Injury›intestine›large›rectum›blast injury›secondary
  • Injury›intestine›large›specified›type NEC›rectum

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead S36.69

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under S36.6

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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