S02 Non-Billable Code

Fracture of skull and facial bones

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

codeAlso

any associated intracranial injury (S06.-)

sevenChrDef

{'char': 'A', 'text': 'initial encounter for closed fracture'}
{'char': 'B', 'text': 'initial encounter for open fracture'}
{'char': 'D', 'text': 'subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing'}
{'char': 'G', 'text': 'subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing'}
{'char': 'K', 'text': 'subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion'}
{'char': 'S', 'text': 'sequela'}

sevenChrNote

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S02

More Specific Diagnosis Codes

This code is not billable as it requires a higher level of specificity. Select a more specific code below.

S02.0 - Fracture of vault of skull Billable
S02.1 - Fracture of base of skull
S02.2 - Fracture of nasal bones Billable
S02.3 - Fracture of orbital floor
S02.4 - Fracture of malar, maxillary and zygoma bones
S02.5 - Fracture of tooth (traumatic) Billable
S02.6 - Fracture of mandible
S02.8 - Fractures of other specified skull and facial bones
S02.9 - Fracture of unspecified skull and facial bones

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