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S00.90

Non-billable

Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified part 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 (11)

S00.9Superficial injury of unspecified part of head→S00.91Abrasion of unspecified part of head→S00.92Blister (nonthermal) of unspecified part of head→S00.93Contusion of unspecified part of head→S00.94External constriction of unspecified part of head→S00.95Superficial foreign body of unspecified part of head→S00.96Insect bite (nonvenomous) of unspecified part of head→S00.97Other superficial bite of unspecified part of head→S00.90XAUnspecified superficial injury of unspecified part of head (initial encounter)→S00.90XDUnspecified superficial injury of unspecified part of head (subsequent encounter)→S00.90XSUnspecified superficial injury of unspecified part of head (sequela)→