S31.615Laceration without foreign body of abdominal wall, periumbilic region with penetration into peritoneal cavity

S31.615 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for laceration without foreign body of abdominal wall, periumbilic region with 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 S31.61 (laceration without foreign body of abdominal wall with penetration into peritoneal cavity), S31.615 is specifically for laceration without foreign body of abdominal wall, periumbilic region with penetration into peritoneal cavity. Related codes cover right upper quadrant with penetration into peritoneal cavity (S31.610), left upper quadrant with penetration into peritoneal cavity (S31.611), epigastric region with penetration into peritoneal cavity (S31.612), right lower quadrant with penetration into peritoneal cavity (S31.613), left lower quadrant with penetration into peritoneal cavity (S31.614), right flank with penetration into peritoneal cavity (S31.616), left flank with penetration into peritoneal cavity (S31.617), unspecified quadrant with penetration into peritoneal cavity (S31.619) 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.