S31.64
Header — not billablePuncture wound with foreign body of abdominal wall with penetration into peritoneal cavity
The ICD-10 code for puncture wound with foreign body of abdominal wall with penetration into peritoneal cavity is S31.64.
S31.64 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 S31.64
- S31.640Puncture wound with foreign body of abdominal wall, right upper quadrant with penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.641Puncture wound with foreign body of abdominal wall, left upper quadrant with penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.642Puncture wound with foreign body of abdominal wall, epigastric region with penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.643Puncture wound with foreign body of abdominal wall, right lower quadrant with penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.644Puncture wound with foreign body of abdominal wall, left lower quadrant with penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.645Puncture wound with foreign body of abdominal wall, periumbilic region with penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.646Puncture wound of abdominal wall with foreign body, right flank with penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.647Puncture wound of abdominal wall with foreign body, left flank with penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.649Puncture wound with foreign body of abdominal wall, unspecified quadrant with penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.64APuncture wound of abdominal wall with 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
- S31.63Puncture wound without 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
- S31.64Puncture wound with foreign body of abdominal wall with penetration into peritoneal cavitynon-billable header