ICD-10-CM Code S35.0
Injury of abdominal aorta
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code S35.0 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the four child codes of S35.0 that describes the diagnosis 'injury of abdominal aorta' in more detail.
- S35.0 Injury of abdominal aorta NON-BILLABLE
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The ICD code S350 is used to code Traumatic aortic rupture
Traumatic aortic rupture, also called traumatic aortic disruption or transection, is a condition in which the aorta, the largest artery in the body, is torn or ruptured. The condition is frequently fatal due to the profuse bleeding that results from the rupture. Since the aorta branches directly from the heart to supply blood to the rest of the body, the pressure within it is very great, and blood may be pumped out of a tear in the blood vessel very rapidly. This can quickly result in shock and death. Thus traumatic aortic rupture is a common killer in automotive accidents and other traumas, with up to 18% of deaths that occur in automobile collisions being related to the injury. In fact, aortic disruption due to blunt chest trauma is the second leading cause of injury death behind traumatic brain injury.
Specialty: | Emergency Medicine |
MeSH Codes: | D001019, D001019 |
ICD 9 Codes: | 901.0, 902.0 |
The aorta, shown in red
Coding Notes for S35.0 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Injury of aorta NOS - instead, use code S25.0
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Possible requirement for an external cause code
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'S35.0 - Injury of abdominal aorta'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code S35.0. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: S35 - Injury of blood vessels at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level