S00 Non-Billable Code
Superficial injury of head
Chapter Classification
Chapter 19
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Section Detail
S00-S09
Injuries to the head (S00-S09)
Coding Guidelines & Notes
excludes1
- diffuse cerebral contusion (S06.2-)
- focal cerebral contusion (S06.3-)
- injury of eye and orbit (S05.-)
- open wound of head (S01.-)
sevenChrDef
- {'char': 'A', 'text': 'initial encounter'}
- {'char': 'D', 'text': 'subsequent encounter'}
- {'char': 'S', 'text': 'sequela'}
sevenChrNote
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S00
More Specific Diagnosis Codes
This code is not billable as it requires a higher level of specificity. Select a more specific code below.
- S00.0 - Superficial injury of scalp
- S00.1 - Contusion of eyelid and periocular area
- S00.2 - Other and unspecified superficial 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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