S37.6
Header — not billableInjury of uterus
The ICD-10 code for injury of uterus is S37.6.
S37.6 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 4 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).
- injury to uterus during delivery (O71.-)
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.
Related codes in this category
- S37.0Injury of kidneynon-billable header
- S37.1Injury of ureternon-billable header
- S37.2Injury of bladdernon-billable header
- S37.3Injury of urethranon-billable header
- S37.4Injury of ovarynon-billable header
- S37.5Injury of fallopian tubenon-billable header
- S37.8Injury of other urinary and pelvic organsnon-billable header
- S37.9Injury of unspecified urinary and pelvic organnon-billable header
- S37.6Injury of uterusnon-billable header