S38Category · further specificity requiredCurrent

Crushing injury and traumatic amputation of abdomen, lower back, pelvis and external genitals

HierarchyS30-S39 · S38

Code-level instructions

Inclusion terms

An amputation not identified as partial or complete should be coded to complete

Seventh character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S38

A — initial encounter

D — subsequent encounter

S — sequela

Inherited instructions

Chapters 19 · Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

Excludes 2
Use additional code

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

Note
  • 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.

S30-S39 · Injuries to the abdomen, lower back, lumbar spine, pelvis and external genitals (S30-S39)

Includes
  • 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
Excludes 2
  • 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)

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