S32.501A vs S32.501S
S32.501A (Unspecified fracture of right pubis, initial encounter for closed fracture) compared with S32.501S (Unspecified fracture of right pubis, sequela), from the official CMS tabular data. S32.501A and S32.501S code the same injury at a different phase of treatment.
Can these codes be reported together?
Same injury, other encounter phase. S32.501A and S32.501S code the same injury at a different phase of treatment, set by the 7th character.
The 7th character records the type of care given at the encounter being coded (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.C.19.a), so one encounter takes one of these, not both.
Side by side
| S32.501AUnspecified fracture of right pubis, initial encounter for closed fracture | S32.501SUnspecified fracture of right pubis, sequela | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing status | Billable | Billable |
| Classification | S00-T88 — Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88) | S00-T88 — Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88) |
| Definition | Unspecified fracture of right pubis, initial encounter for closed fracture is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (S32.501A). | Unspecified fracture of right pubis, sequela is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (S32.501S). |
| 7th character | The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S32 | The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S32 |
| Includes | fracture of lumbosacral neural arch fracture of lumbosacral spinous process fracture of lumbosacral transverse process fracture of lumbosacral vertebra | fracture of lumbosacral neural arch fracture of lumbosacral spinous process fracture of lumbosacral transverse process fracture of lumbosacral vertebra |
| Code first | any associated spinal cord and spinal nerve injury (S34.-) | any associated spinal cord and spinal nerve injury (S34.-) |
Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources