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S31.82 ICD-10-CM Code: Open wound of left buttock

Billing Status: NO. This is a clinician non-billable / parent hierarchy grouping in the ICD-10-CM system.

Code Overview

Open wound of left buttock is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (S31.82). A more specific billable subcode must be selected for claims submission.

Summary composed by MedCoder from this code's official ICD-10-CM record. The tabular instructional notes themselves appear verbatim below.

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for S31.82 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Includes

Conditions the official ICD-10-CM tabular list includes under this code.

  • injuries to the abdominal wall inherited from S31
  • injuries to the anus inherited from S31
  • injuries to the buttock inherited from S31
  • injuries to the external genitalia inherited from S31
  • injuries to the flank inherited from S31
  • injuries to the groin inherited from S31

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions generally not reported together with this code (Excludes1) -- an error unless the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

Code Also

Additional codes that may be required to fully describe the encounter.

Frequently Compared Codes

The official Excludes notes on S31.82 name these codes. Each comparison page covers when the two can — or must not — be reported together.

Change history

  • FY2016 — 2015-10-01
    In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption
    Open wound of left buttock

Verify Before Coding

From the code registry, the Medicare Code Editor, and the MS-DRG Definitions Manual. Check it against a full claim in Claim Check.

Relationships & Classification

Other codes that name S31.82 or its code family, from the CMS ICD-10-CM tabular instructional notes. Tabular-note edges are stored at the code family level that carries each note.

1 Use Additional Code instructions: S38.1 (via S31.-).

5 Code Also instructions: S34 (via S31.-), S35 (via S31.-), S36 (via S31.-), S37 (via S31.-), S39 (via S31.-).

Related Codes

Same condition, opposite side

Same category and title, differing only in which side of the body is affected.

S31.80 — Open wound of unspecified buttock (unspecified)Compare S31.82 vs S31.80 →, S31.81 — Open wound of right buttock (right)Compare S31.82 vs S31.81 →

Contextual Map

Every relationship of S31.82 in one view: hierarchy, official tabular instructions in both directions, clinical classification, risk adjustment, MS-DRG participation, index terms and change history — each edge carrying the CMS source it derives from.

Hierarchy

  • S00-T88 — Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88) (S00-T88) [Hierarchy]

Referenced by Use Additional Code instructions

  • S38.1 — Crushing injury of abdomen, lower back, and pelvis [Use Additional Code](via S31.-): “open wound of abdominal wall (S31.-)” · check together

Referenced by Code Also instructions

  • S34 — Injury of lumbar and sacral spinal cord and nerves at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level [Code Also](via S31.-): “open wound of abdomen, lower back and pelvis (S31.-)” · check together
  • S35 — Injury of blood vessels at abdomen, lower back and pelvis level [Code Also](via S31.-): “any associated open wound (S31.-)” · check together
  • S36 — Injury of intra-abdominal organs [Code Also](via S31.-): “any associated open wound (S31.-)” · check together
  • S37 — Injury of urinary and pelvic organs [Code Also](via S31.-): “any associated open wound (S31.-)” · check together
  • S39 — Other and unspecified injuries of abdomen, lower back, pelvis and external genitals [Code Also](via S31.-): “any associated open wound (S31.-)” · check together

Nearest codes (40)

  • S31 — Open wound of abdomen, lower back, pelvis and external genitals [Sibling]
  • S31.812 — Laceration with foreign body of right buttock [Sibling]
  • S31.812A — Laceration with foreign body of right buttock, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • S31.812D — Laceration with foreign body of right buttock, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • S31.812S — Laceration with foreign body of right buttock, sequela [Sibling]
  • S31.813 — Puncture wound without foreign body of right buttock [Sibling]
  • S31.813A — Puncture wound without foreign body of right buttock, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • S31.813D — Puncture wound without foreign body of right buttock, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • and 32 more

Change history

  • FY2016 — In the code set at ICD-10-CM adoption [Change history]

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance

Can S31.82 be billed directly?

No. S31.82 (Open wound of left buttock) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code. A more specific billable subcode must be selected based on clinical documentation.

Does S31.82 require a 7th character?

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

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to S31.82 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • S31.815S — Open bite of right buttock, sequela
  • S31.819 — Unspecified open wound of right buttock
  • S31.819A — Unspecified open wound of right buttock, initial encounter
  • S31.819D — Unspecified open wound of right buttock, subsequent encounter
  • S31.819S — Unspecified open wound of right buttock, sequela
  • S31.821 — Laceration without foreign body of left buttock
  • S31.821A — Laceration without foreign body of left buttock, initial encounter
  • S31.821D — Laceration without foreign body of left buttock, subsequent encounter
  • S31.821S — Laceration without foreign body of left buttock, sequela
  • S31.822 — Laceration with foreign body of left buttock

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