S39Other and unspecified injuries of abdomen, lower back, pelvis and external genitals

S39 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other and unspecified injuries of abdomen, lower back, pelvis and external genitals. It belongs to 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.

To report this condition, pick the subcode that matches the documentation: S39.0 (pelvis), S39.8 (genitals) and S39.9 (genitals).

The conditions in its Excludes2 note aren't part of S39, but may be coded alongside it if the patient has both: sprain of joints and ligaments of lumbar spine and pelvis (S33.-).

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