S36.5
Header — not billableInjury of colon
The ICD-10 code for injury of colon is S36.5.
S36.5 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 5 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes2 (not included here)
An Excludes2 note means the excluded condition is not part of this one, but a patient can have both at the same time — in that case both codes may be reported together.
- injury of rectum (S36.6-)
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.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- S36.0Injury of spleennon-billable header
- S36.1Injury of liver and gallbladder and bile ductnon-billable header
- S36.2Injury of pancreasnon-billable header
- S36.3Injury of stomachnon-billable header
- S36.4Injury of small intestinenon-billable header
- S36.6Injury of rectumnon-billable header
- S36.8Injury of other intra-abdominal organsnon-billable header
- S36.9Injury of unspecified intra-abdominal organnon-billable header
- S36.5Injury of colonnon-billable header