S39.92

S39.92: Unspecified injury of lower back

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S39.92 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified injury of lower back. 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 S39

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S39.92

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on S39: Other and unspecified injuries of abdomen, lower back, pelvis and external genitals

sprain of joints and ligaments of lumbar spine and pelvis (S33.-)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Injury›buttock
Injury›lower back
Injury›lumbar, lumbosacral(region)

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead S39.92

3 child codes. Green means billable.