Laceration with foreign body of abdominal wall, unspecified flank with penetration into peritoneal cavity, sequela

• birth trauma (P10-P15)
• obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

• Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
• The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

• injuries to the abdominal wall
• injuries to the anus
• injuries to the buttock
• injuries to the external genitalia
• injuries to the flank
• injuries to the groin

• burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
• effects of foreign body in anus and rectum (T18.5)
• effects of foreign body in genitourinary tract (T19.-)
• effects of foreign body in stomach, small intestine and colon (T18.2-T18.4)
• frostbite (T33-T34)
• insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)

traumatic amputation of part of abdomen, lower back and pelvis (S38.2-, S38.3)

• open wound of hip (S71.00-S71.02)
• open fracture of pelvis (S32.1--S32.9 with 7th character B)

• any associated:
• spinal cord injury (S24.0, S24.1-, S34.0-, S34.1-)
• wound infection

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S31

Laceration with foreign body of abdominal wall, flank NOS, with penetration into peritoneal cavity