S36.116

Major laceration of liver

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Inclusion terms

Laceration with significant disruption of hepatic parenchyma [i.e., greater than 10 cm long and 3 cm deep]
Multiple moderate lacerations, with or without hematoma
Stellate laceration of liver

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
Note: 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
Note: 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.

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

birth trauma (P10-P15) (from S36)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71) (from S36)
burns and corrosions (T20-T32) (from S36)
effects of foreign body in anus and rectum (T18.5) (from S36)
effects of foreign body in genitourinary tract (T19.-) (from S36)
effects of foreign body in stomach, small intestine and colon (T18.2-T18.4) (from S36)
frostbite (T33-T34) (from S36)
insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4) (from S36)

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Laceration with significant disruption of hepatic parenchyma [i.e., greater than 10 cm long and 3 cm deep]
Multiple moderate lacerations, with or without hematoma
Stellate laceration of liver
Injury, liver, laceration, major
Laceration, liver, major
Rupture, ruptured, liver
Rupture, ruptured, traumatic, liver