S37.512 — Primary blast injury of fallopian tube, bilateral
S37.512 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for primary blast injury of fallopian tube, bilateral. 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 S37
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
S37.512 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How S37.512 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to S37.512.
- Injury›fallopian tube›bilateral›blast injury
- Injury›fallopian tube›blast injury›bilateral
Code to one of these instead S37.512
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S37.51. If S37.512 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about S37.512
- Is S37.512 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S37.512 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S37.512 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Injuries to the abdomen, lower back, lumbar spine, pelvis and external genitals (S30-S39).