S00.8

Non-billable

Superficial injury of other parts of head

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 (8)

S00.80Unspecified superficial injury of other part of headCategory→S00.81Abrasion of other part of headCategory→S00.82Blister (nonthermal) of other part of headCategory→S00.83Contusion of other part of headCategory→S00.84External constriction of other part of headCategory→S00.85Superficial foreign body of other part of headCategory→S00.86Insect bite (nonvenomous) of other part of headCategory→S00.87Other superficial bite of other 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 S00.8

Unspecified superficial injury of other part of head

Abrasion of other part of head

Blister (nonthermal) of other part of head

Contusion of other part of head

External constriction of other part of head

Superficial foreign body of other part of head

Insect bite (nonvenomous) of other part of head

Other superficial bite of other part of head