S36.5

Non-Billable

ChapterS00–T88

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Official Description

Injury of colon

Metadata & Insights

•2026 ICD-10-CM Edition - Effective October 1, 2025.
•Non-billable category (requires more specific sub-code).
•Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88).

Instructional Notes

Excludes2(Not included here)

injury of rectum (S36.6-)

General instructions are available for the parent sections:

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Clinical Hierarchy

CH19Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

S30-S39Injuries to the abdomen, lower back, lumbar spine, pelvis and external genitals (S30-S39)

S36Injury of intra-abdominal organs

S36.5Injury of colon

S36.50Unspecified injury of colon

S36.51Primary blast injury of colon

S36.52Contusion of colon

S36.53Laceration of colon

S36.59Other injury of colon

Applicable Ancestor Context

The following parent sections contain instructions or notes that apply to S36.5:

categoryS36

Injury of intra-abdominal organs

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blockS30-S39

Injuries to the abdomen, lower back, lumbar spine, pelvis and external genitals (S30-S39)

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chapterCH19

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

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Alphabetic Index Mentions

These are Diagnosis Index lookup paths that route to S36.5. Use them as entry terms for search, then confirm final coding instructions in the Tabular List and notes above.

25 raw paths

Injury25 unique routes

intestine(25 variants)

large→S36.5(25 variants)

ascending (right)→S36.5(6 variants)

blast injury (primary)→S36.5(2 variants)

secondary→S36.5

contusion→S36.5

laceration→S36.5

specified type NEC→S36.5

blast injury (primary)→S36.5(6 variants)

ascending (right)→S36.5