S00.00

Non-billable

Unspecified superficial injury of scalp

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

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 (11)

S00.0Superficial injury of scalpCategory→S00.01Abrasion of scalpCategory→S00.02Blister (nonthermal) of scalpCategory→S00.03Contusion of scalpCategory→S00.04External constriction of part of scalpCategory→S00.05Superficial foreign body of scalpCategory→S00.06Insect bite (nonvenomous) of scalpCategory→S00.07Other superficial bite of scalpCategory→S00.00XAUnspecified superficial injury of scalp (initial encounter)Billable→S00.00XDUnspecified superficial injury of scalp (subsequent encounter)Billable→S00.00XSUnspecified superficial injury of scalp (sequela)Billable→

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 S00.00

Superficial injury of scalp

Abrasion of scalp

Blister (nonthermal) of scalp

Contusion of scalp

External constriction of part of scalp

Superficial foreign body of scalp

Insect bite (nonvenomous) of scalp

Other superficial bite of scalp

Unspecified superficial injury of scalp (initial encounter)

Unspecified superficial injury of scalp (subsequent encounter)

Unspecified superficial injury of scalp (sequela)