S38.1

S38.1: Crushing injury of abdomen, lower back, and pelvis

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S38.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for crushing injury of abdomen, lower back, and pelvis. 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 S38

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist

The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.

crushing injury of external genital organs (S38.0-)

Use additional code

Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.

code for all associated injuries, such as:
fracture of thoracic or lumbar spine and pelvis (S22.0-, S32.-)
injury to intra-abdominal organs (S36.-)
injury to urinary and pelvic organs (S37.-)
open wound of abdominal wall (S31.-)
spinal cord injury (S34.0, S34.1-)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Crush, crushed, crushing›abdomen
Crush, crushed, crushing›back, lower
Crush, crushed, crushing›buttock
Crush, crushed, crushing›pelvis
Crush, crushed, crushing›lower›back