S31.44Puncture wound with foreign body of vagina and vulva

S31.44 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for puncture wound with foreign body of vagina and vulva. 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 S31.4 (open wound of vagina and vulva), S31.44 is specifically for puncture wound with foreign body of vagina and vulva. Related codes cover unspecified open wound of vagina and vulva (S31.40), laceration without foreign body of vagina and vulva (S31.41), laceration with foreign body of vagina and vulva (S31.42), puncture wound without foreign body of vagina and vulva (S31.43) and open bite of vagina and vulva (S31.45).

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.