S36.81
S36.81: Injury of peritoneum
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S36.81 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for injury of peritoneum. 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
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Contusion›peritoneum
- Injury›peritoneum
- Laceration›peritoneum
- Injury›blast NEC›peritoneum
- Laceration›intra-abdominal organ›peritoneum
- Puncture›intra-abdominal organ›peritoneum
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead S36.81
3 child codes. Green means billable.