S31.522D

Laceration with foreign body of unspecified external genital organs, female, subsequent encounter

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30

This is the unspecified option. 2 more specific codes sit alongside it. Worth checking whether the documentation supports one of them.

Exclusions 12 never code together

S31code

Excludes1

traumatic amputation of part of abdomen, lower back and pelvis (S38.2-, S38.3)S38.2-S38.3

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

S31.5code

Excludes1

traumatic amputation of external genital organs (S38.21, S38.22)S38.21 S38.22

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

S00-T88chapter

Excludes2

birth trauma (P10-P15)P10-P15
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)O70-O71

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 this code

S sequela

Instructional notes 12

S31code

Code also

any associated:
spinal cord injury (S24.0, S24.1-, S34.0-, S34.1-)S24.0 S24.1-S34.0-S34.1-
wound infection

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 1 filed at S31.522

The index files this at S31.522. The tabular extends it — laterality, staging, or the 7th character — so these entries lead to the family rather than to S31.522D exactly.

Laceration
- genital organs, external
  - female S31.512
    - with foreign body S31.522

Alongside this code 2 same parent — S31.522

S31.522A Lac w fb of unsp external genital organs, female, init S31.522S Lac w fb of unsp external genital organs, female, sequela

Medications 2

266 Genital Diseases, Female drugs 97 Genital Neoplasms, Female drugs

MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.

Additional references

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Risk adjustment

Maps to no condition category in any loaded model.

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This code

Billable: yes
Code set: FY2026
Parent: S31.522
Block: S30-S39
Siblings: 2

Present FY2024–FY2027.