S31.63
Header — not billablePuncture wound without foreign body of abdominal wall with penetration into peritoneal cavity
The ICD-10 code for puncture wound without foreign body of abdominal wall with penetration into peritoneal cavity is S31.63.
S31.63 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 10 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under S31.63
- S31.630Puncture wound without foreign body of abdominal wall, right upper quadrant with penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.631Puncture wound without foreign body of abdominal wall, left upper quadrant with penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.632Puncture wound without foreign body of abdominal wall, epigastric region with penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.633Puncture wound without foreign body of abdominal wall, right lower quadrant with penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.634Puncture wound without foreign body of abdominal wall, left lower quadrant with penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.635Puncture wound without foreign body of abdominal wall, periumbilic region with penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.636Puncture wound of abdominal wall without foreign body, right flank with penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.637Puncture wound of abdominal wall without foreign body, left flank with penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.639Puncture wound without foreign body of abdominal wall, unspecified quadrant with penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.63APuncture wound of abdominal wall without foreign body, unspecified flank with penetration into peritoneal cavity
Related codes in this category
- S31.60Unspecified open wound of abdominal wall with penetration into peritoneal cavitynon-billable header
- S31.61Laceration without foreign body of abdominal wall with penetration into peritoneal cavitynon-billable header
- S31.62Laceration with foreign body of abdominal wall with penetration into peritoneal cavitynon-billable header
- S31.64Puncture wound with foreign body of abdominal wall with penetration into peritoneal cavitynon-billable header
- S31.65Open bite of abdominal wall with penetration into peritoneal cavitynon-billable header
- S31.63Puncture wound without foreign body of abdominal wall with penetration into peritoneal cavitynon-billable header