S38.1 Crushing injury of abdomen, lower back, and pelvis

Non-billable ICD-10-CM code.

Excludes2 (not included here)

• crushing injury of external genital organs (S38.0-)

Use additional code

• 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-)

Applies from S38 Crushing injury and traumatic amputation of abdomen, lower back, pelvis and external genitals

Applicable to

• An amputation not identified as partial or complete should be coded to complete

7th character note

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S38

7th character required

• A — initial encounter
• D — subsequent encounter
• S — sequela

Diagnosis Index entries for S38.1

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

Nearby codes

• S38.02XS Crushing injury of scrotum and testis, sequela
• S38.03 Crushing injury of vulva
• S38.03XA Crushing injury of vulva, initial encounter
• S38.03XD Crushing injury of vulva, subsequent encounter
• S38.03XS Crushing injury of vulva, sequela
• S38.1 Crushing injury of abdomen, lower back, and pelvis (this code)
• S38.1XXA Crushing injury of abdomen, lower back, and pelvis, initial encounter
• S38.1XXD Crushing injury of abdomen, lower back, and pelvis, subsequent encounter
• S38.1XXS Crushing injury of abdomen, lower back, and pelvis, sequela
• S38.2 Traumatic amputation of external genital organs
• S38.21 Traumatic amputation of female external genital organs