S02.10

Non-billable

Unspecified fracture of base of skull

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 (7)

S02.1Fracture of base of skullCategory→S02.11Fracture of occiputCategory→S02.12Fracture of orbital roofCategory→S02.19Other fracture of base of skullCategory→S02.101Fracture of base of skull, right sideCategory→S02.102Fracture of base of skull, left sideCategory→S02.109Fracture of base of skull, unspecified sideCategory→

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 S02.10

Fracture of base of skull

Fracture of occiput

Fracture of orbital roof

Other fracture of base of skull

Fracture of base of skull, right side

Fracture of base of skull, left side

Fracture of base of skull, unspecified side