S00

Non-billable

Superficial injury of head

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Coding Guidance

S00 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.

Additional Information

From parent codes: S00-T88 (Chapter 19)

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S00-T88

Excludes1 means 'NOT CODED HERE!' An Excludes1 note indicates mutually exclusive codes: two conditions that cannot be reported together.

birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Use Additional CodeFrom S00-T88

The 'use additional code' note instructs that a secondary code should be added to provide more detail.

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

More Specific Codes (8)

S00.0Superficial injury of scalpCategory→S00.1Contusion of eyelid and periocular areaCategory→S00.2Other and unspecified superficial injuries of eyelid and periocular areaCategory→S00.3Superficial injury of noseCategory→S00.4Superficial injury of earCategory→S00.5Superficial injury of lip and oral cavityCategory→S00.8Superficial injury of other parts of headCategory→S00.9Superficial injury of unspecified part of headCategory→

Chapter Information

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Range: S00-T88

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Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for S00

Superficial injury of scalp

S00.0›

Contusion of eyelid and periocular area

S00.1›

Other and unspecified superficial injuries of eyelid and periocular area

S00.2›

Superficial injury of nose

S00.3›

Superficial injury of ear

S00.4›

Superficial injury of lip and oral cavity

S00.5›

Superficial injury of other parts of head

S00.8›

Superficial injury of unspecified part of head

S00.9›