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S00Superficial injury of head

ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Injuries to the head (S00-S09)

Code Details

Billable	No — use a more specific child code
Chapter	Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Section	Injuries to the head (S00-S09)

Valid 7th Characters

A	initial encounter
D	subsequent encounter
S	sequela

Coding Notes

Excludes1 (never code both together)

diffuse cerebral contusion (S06.2-)
focal cerebral contusion (S06.3-)
injury of eye and orbit (S05.-)
open wound of head (S01.-)

7th Character Note

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S00

Subcategories (8)

S00.0 Superficial injury of scalp
S00.1 Contusion of eyelid and periocular area
S00.2 Oth and unsp superfic injuries of eyelid and periocular area
S00.3 Superficial injury of nose
S00.4 Superficial injury of ear
S00.5 Superficial injury of lip and oral cavity
S00.8 Superficial injury of other parts of head
S00.9 Superficial injury of unspecified part of head

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