S31.124Laceration of abdominal wall with foreign body, left lower quadrant without penetration into peritoneal cavity

S31.124 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for laceration of abdominal wall with foreign body, left lower quadrant without penetration into peritoneal cavity. It belongs to category S31 (open wound of abdomen, lower back, pelvis and external genitals), block S30-S39 (injuries to the abdomen, lower back, lumbar spine, pelvis and external genitals) and chapter 19 (injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within S31.12, choose S31.124 (of abdominal wall with foreign body, left lower quadrant without penetration into peritoneal cavity) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: of abdominal wall with foreign body, right upper quadrant without penetration into peritoneal cavity (S31.120), of abdominal wall with foreign body, left upper quadrant without penetration into peritoneal cavity (S31.121), of abdominal wall with foreign body, epigastric region without penetration into peritoneal cavity (S31.122), of abdominal wall with foreign body, right lower quadrant without penetration into peritoneal cavity (S31.123), of abdominal wall with foreign body, periumbilic region without penetration into peritoneal cavity (S31.125), with foreign body of abdominal wall, right flank without penetration into peritoneal cavity (S31.126), with foreign body of abdominal wall, left flank without penetration into peritoneal cavity (S31.127), of abdominal wall with foreign body, unspecified quadrant without penetration into peritoneal cavity (S31.129) and 1 more.

Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter, D for subsequent encounter and S for sequela. Use placeholder "X" characters to fill any empty positions before the 7th character.

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.