ICD-10-CM Code S36.50
Unspecified injury of colon
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 S36.50 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the six child codes of S36.50 that describes the diagnosis 'unspecified injury of colon' in more detail.
- S36.50 Unspecified injury of colon NON-BILLABLE
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The ICD code S36 is used to code Abdominal trauma
Abdominal trauma is an injury to the abdomen. It may be blunt or penetrating and may involve damage to the abdominal organs. Signs and symptoms include abdominal pain, tenderness, rigidity, and bruising of the external abdomen. Abdominal trauma presents a risk of severe blood loss and infection. Diagnosis may involve ultrasonography, computed tomography, and peritoneal lavage, and treatment may involve surgery. Injury to the lower chest may cause splenic or liver injuries.
Specialty: | Emergency Medicine |
MeSH Code: | D000007 |
ICD 9 Code: | 868 |
Abdominal trauma resulting in a right kidney contusion (open arrow) and blood surrounding the kidney (closed arrow) as seen on CT.
Related Concepts SNOMET-CT
- Injury of multiple sites of colon (disorder)
- Injury of ascending right colon without open wound into abdominal cavity (disorder)
- Injury of transverse colon without open wound into abdominal cavity (disorder)
- Injury of descending left colon without open wound into abdominal cavity (disorder)
- Injury of sigmoid colon without open wound into abdominal cavity (disorder)
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Possible requirement for an external cause code
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'S36.50 - Unspecified injury of colon'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code S36.50. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: S36.5 - Injury of colon