S31.15
Open bite of abdominal wall without penetration into peritoneal cavity
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 13 never code together
S31.1code
Excludes2
- open wound of abdominal wall with penetration into peritoneal cavity (S31.6-)S31.6-
S31code
Excludes2
- open wound of hip (S71.00-S71.02)S71.00-S71.02
- open fracture of pelvis (S32.1--S32.9 with 7th character B)S32.1-S32.9
S30-S39block
Excludes2
- burns and corrosions (T20-T32)T20-T32
- effects of foreign body in anus and rectum (T18.5)T18.5
- effects of foreign body in genitourinary tract (T19.-)T19.-
- effects of foreign body in stomach, small intestine and colon (T18.2-T18.4)T18.2-T18.4
- frostbite (T33-T34)T33-T34
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)T63.4
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
7th character 3
A initial encounter
D subsequent encounter
S sequela
Instructional notes 14
S31code
S31.15code
Inclusion terms
- Bite of abdominal wall NOS
S31.1code
Inclusion terms
- Open wound of abdominal wall NOS
S30-S39block
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
S00-T88chapter
Notes
- 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.
Use additional code
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)Z18.-
Index entries leading here filed at null
No alphabetic index entry points at this code.
Alongside this code 5 same parent — S31.1
S31.10 Unsp open wound of abdominal wall w/o penet perit cav category S31.11 Laceration w/o foreign body of abd wall w/o penet perit cav category S31.12 Laceration w foreign body of abd wall w/o penet perit cav category S31.13 Pnctr of abd wall w/o foreign body w/o penet perit cav category S31.14 Pnctr of abd wall w foreign body w/o penet perit cav category
Subordinate codes 10
S31.150 Open bite of abd wall, right upper q w/o penet perit cav S31.151 Open bite of abdominal wall, l upr q w/o penet perit cav S31.152 Open bite of abdominal wall, epigst rgn w/o penet perit cav S31.153 Open bite of abd wall, right lower q w/o penet perit cav S31.154 Open bite of abd wall, left lower q w/o penet perit cav S31.155 Open bite of abdominal wall, periumb rgn w/o penet perit cav S31.156 Open bite of abd wall, right flank without penet perit cav S31.157 Open bite of abd wall, left flank without penet perit cav S31.159 Open bite of abd wall, unsp quadrant w/o penet perit cav S31.15A Open bite of abd wall, unsp flank without penet perit cav
Additional references
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