ICD-10-CM Code S36.209
Unspecified injury of unspecified part of pancreas
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.7th Character Required
Code requires 7th Character Extension identifier. This 7th Character usually captures Episode of Care information, such as "Initial Encounter," "Subsquent Encounter," or "Sequela."ICD Code S36.209 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use specify a 7th character that describes the diagnosis 'unspecified injury of unspecified part of pancreas' in more detail. The 7th characters that can be added, and the resulting billable codes, are as follows:
| 7th Digit | Billable Code | 7th Digit Specifies |
|---|---|---|
| A | S36.209A | initial encounter |
| D | S36.209D | subsequent encounter |
| S | S36.209S | sequela |
What is 7th Character Extension?
For codes less than 6 characters that require a 7th character a placeholder 'X' should be assigned for all characters less than 6. The 7th character must always be the 7th position of a code. E.g. The ICD-10-CM code T67.4 (Heat exhaustion due to salt depletion) requires an Episode of Care identifier. T67.4XXA Initial Encounter or T67.4XXD Subsequent Encounter. More InfoThe ICD code S36209 is used to code Pancreatic injury
a pancreatic injury is some form of trauma sustained by the pancreas. the injury can be sustained through either blunt forces, such as a motor vehicle accident, or penetrative forces, such as that of a gunshot wound. the pancreas is one of the least commonly injured organs in abdominal trauma.
| Specialty: | Emergency Medicine |
| ICD 9 Code: | 863.84 |
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Episode of care information needed
- Consider additional code to identify specific condition or disease
- Possible requirement for an external cause code
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'S36.209 - Unspecified injury of unspecified part of pancreas'
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Parent Code: S36.20 - Unspecified injury of pancreas