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S32.131S
Billable

Minimally displaced Zone III fracture of sacrum (sequela)

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Billable Code

S32.131S is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Inclusion Terms

3 items

From S32.1:

  • For vertical fractures, code to most medial fracture extension
  • Use two codes if both a vertical and transverse fracture are present

From S32.13:

  • Vertical fracture into spinal canal region of sacrum

Includes

5 items

From S32:

  • fracture of lumbosacral neural arch
  • fracture of lumbosacral spinous process
  • fracture of lumbosacral transverse process
  • fracture of lumbosacral vertebra
  • fracture of lumbosacral vertebral arch

Excludes1

3 items

From S00-T88:

From S32:

  • transection of abdomen (S38.3)

Excludes2

1 item

From S32:

  • fracture of hip NOS (S72.0-)

Code First

1 item

From S32:

  • any associated spinal cord and spinal nerve injury (S34.-)

Use Additional Code

1 item

From S00-T88:

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

Notes

2 items

From S32:

  • A fracture not indicated as displaced or nondisplaced should be coded to displaced
  • A fracture not indicated as opened or closed should be coded to closed

7th Character Notes

7 items

From S32:

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S32
  • A: initial encounter for closed fracture
  • B: initial encounter for open fracture
  • D: subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
  • G: subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
  • K: subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
  • S: sequela
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