S37.0
Header — not billableInjury of kidney
The ICD-10 code for injury of kidney is S37.0.
S37.0 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 8 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes2 (not included here)
An Excludes2 note means the excluded condition is not part of this one, but a patient can have both at the same time — in that case both codes may be reported together.
- acute kidney injury (nontraumatic) (N17.9)
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 S37.0
- S37.00Unspecified injury of kidneynon-billable header
- S37.01Minor contusion of kidneynon-billable header
- S37.02Major contusion of kidneynon-billable header
- S37.03Laceration of kidney, unspecified degreenon-billable header
- S37.04Minor laceration of kidneynon-billable header
- S37.05Moderate laceration of kidneynon-billable header
- S37.06Major laceration of kidneynon-billable header
- S37.09Other injury of kidneynon-billable header
Related codes in this category
- S37.1Injury of ureternon-billable header
- S37.2Injury of bladdernon-billable header
- S37.3Injury of urethranon-billable header
- S37.4Injury of ovarynon-billable header
- S37.5Injury of fallopian tubenon-billable header
- S37.6Injury of uterusnon-billable header
- S37.8Injury of other urinary and pelvic organsnon-billable header
- S37.9Injury of unspecified urinary and pelvic organnon-billable header
- S37.0Injury of kidneynon-billable header