S31.65
Header — not billableOpen bite of abdominal wall with penetration into peritoneal cavity
The ICD-10 code for open bite of abdominal wall with penetration into peritoneal cavity is S31.65.
S31.65 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 10 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under S31.65
- S31.650Open bite of abdominal wall, right upper quadrant with penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.651Open bite of abdominal wall, left upper quadrant with penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.652Open bite of abdominal wall, epigastric region with penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.653Open bite of abdominal wall, right lower quadrant with penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.654Open bite of abdominal wall, left lower quadrant with penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.655Open bite of abdominal wall, periumbilic region with penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.656Open bite of abdominal wall, right flank with penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.657Open bite of abdominal wall, left flank with penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.659Open bite of abdominal wall, unspecified quadrant with penetration into peritoneal cavity
- S31.65AOpen bite of abdominal wall, unspecified flank with penetration into peritoneal cavity
Related codes in this category
- S31.60Unspecified open wound of abdominal wall with penetration into peritoneal cavitynon-billable header
- S31.61Laceration without foreign body of abdominal wall with penetration into peritoneal cavitynon-billable header
- S31.62Laceration with foreign body of abdominal wall with penetration into peritoneal cavitynon-billable header
- S31.63Puncture wound without foreign body of abdominal wall with penetration into peritoneal cavitynon-billable header
- S31.64Puncture wound with foreign body of abdominal wall with penetration into peritoneal cavitynon-billable header
- S31.65Open bite of abdominal wall with penetration into peritoneal cavitynon-billable header