S38.1

Crushing injury of abdomen, lower back, and pelvis

Requires 7th character

S38.1 requires a 7th character to be reported. Choose a complete code below.

Inclusion terms

Includes (from S38)

  • 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.

Excludes2

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

  • crushing injury of external genital organs (S38.0-)
  • birth trauma (P10-P15) (from S38)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71) (from S38)
  • burns and corrosions (T20-T32) (from S38)
  • effects of foreign body in anus and rectum (T18.5) (from S38)
  • effects of foreign body in genitourinary tract (T19.-) (from S38)
  • effects of foreign body in stomach, small intestine and colon (T18.2-T18.4) (from S38)
  • frostbite (T33-T34) (from S38)
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4) (from S38)

Use additional code

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

  • code for all associated injuries, such as:
  • fracture of thoracic or lumbar spine and pelvis (S22.0-, S32.-)
  • injury to intra-abdominal organs (S36.-)
  • injury to urinary and pelvic organs (S37.-)
  • open wound of abdominal wall (S31.-)
  • spinal cord injury (S34.0, S34.1-)
  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-) (from S38)

7th character

This code requires a 7th character (defined at S38). Use the placeholder "X" for missing positions.

CharacterMeaning
Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela

Also known as

  • Crush, crushed, crushing, abdomen
  • Crush, crushed, crushing, back, lower
  • Crush, crushed, crushing, buttock
  • Crush, crushed, crushing, lower, back
  • Crush, crushed, crushing, pelvis

Parent code

  • S38Crushing injury and traumatic amputation of abdomen, lower back, pelvis and external genitalsNeeds 7th char

More specific codes S38.1

  • S38.1XXACrushing injury of abdomen, lower back, and pelvis, initial encounterBillable
  • S38.1XXDCrushing injury of abdomen, lower back, and pelvis, subsequent encounterBillable
  • S38.1XXSCrushing injury of abdomen, lower back, and pelvis, sequelaBillable

Related codes

  • S38.0Crushing injury of external genital organsNeeds 7th char
  • S38.2Traumatic amputation of external genital organsNeeds 7th char
  • S38.3Transection (partial) of abdomenNeeds 7th char

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