S00.40

Non-billable

Unspecified superficial injury of ear

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)

S00.4Superficial injury of earCategory→S00.41Abrasion of earCategory→S00.42Blister (nonthermal) of earCategory→S00.43Contusion of earCategory→S00.44External constriction of earCategory→S00.45Superficial foreign body of earCategory→S00.46Insect bite (nonvenomous) of earCategory→S00.47Other superficial bite of earCategory→S00.401Unspecified superficial injury of right earCategory→S00.402Unspecified superficial injury of left earCategory→S00.409Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified earCategory→

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 S00.40

Superficial injury of ear

Abrasion of ear

Blister (nonthermal) of ear

Contusion of ear

External constriction of ear

Superficial foreign body of ear

Insect bite (nonvenomous) of ear

Other superficial bite of ear

Unspecified superficial injury of right ear

Unspecified superficial injury of left ear

Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified ear