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S37.13 ICD-10-CM Code: Laceration of ureter

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

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Laceration of ureter is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (S37.13). A more specific billable subcode must be selected for claims submission.

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for S37.13 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
  • injuries to the anus
  • injuries to the buttock
  • injuries to the external genitalia
  • injuries to the flank
  • injuries to the groin

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.

  • any associated open wound (S31.-)

Indexed Clinical Terms (3)

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.

  • Injury, ureter, laceration
  • Laceration, pelvic, organ, ureter
  • Laceration, ureter

Frequently Compared Codes

The official Excludes notes on S37.13 name these codes. Each comparison page covers when the two can — or must not — be reported together.

Change history

No changes recorded for this code — unchanged since the FY2016 baseline of the change ledger.

Verify Before Coding

  • Not billable as written — a more specific code is required.
  • Requires a 7th character. "The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S37" Options: S37.13XA, S37.13XD, S37.13XS

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

Relationships & Classification

Other codes that name S37.13 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 S37.-).

Contextual Map

Every relationship of S37.13 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 S37.-): “injury to urinary and pelvic organs (S37.-)” · check together

Index entries

  • Injury, ureter, laceration[Index term]
  • Laceration, pelvic, organ, ureter[Index term]
  • Laceration, ureter[Index term]

Nearest codes (40)

  • S37 — Injury of urinary and pelvic organs [Sibling]
  • S37.091A — Other injury of right kidney, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • S37.091D — Other injury of right kidney, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • S37.091S — Other injury of right kidney, sequela [Sibling]
  • S37.092 — Other injury of left kidney [Sibling]
  • S37.092A — Other injury of left kidney, initial encounter [Sibling]
  • S37.092D — Other injury of left kidney, subsequent encounter [Sibling]
  • S37.092S — Other injury of left kidney, sequela [Sibling]
  • and 32 more

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) & Clinical Guidance

Can S37.13 be billed directly?

No. S37.13 (Laceration of ureter) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code. A more specific billable subcode must be selected based on clinical documentation.

Does S37.13 require a 7th character?

Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S37.

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to S37.13 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • S37.10XS — Unspecified injury of ureter, sequela
  • S37.12 — Contusion of ureter
  • S37.12XA — Contusion of ureter, initial encounter
  • S37.12XD — Contusion of ureter, subsequent encounter
  • S37.12XS — Contusion of ureter, sequela
  • S37.13XA — Laceration of ureter, initial encounter
  • S37.13XD — Laceration of ureter, subsequent encounter
  • S37.13XS — Laceration of ureter, sequela
  • S37.19 — Other injury of ureter
  • S37.19XA — Other injury of ureter, initial encounter

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