Injuries to the head - S00-S09
Sections in ICD-10-CM facilitate the systematic organization of medical information for accurate and standardized healthcare practices.
Section Includes:
- injuries of ear
- injuries of eye
- injuries of face [any part]
- injuries of gum
- injuries of jaw
- injuries of oral cavity
- injuries of palate
- injuries of periocular area
- injuries of scalp
- injuries of temporomandibular joint area
- injuries of tongue
- injuries of tooth
Excludes2: This note means that the conditions described by two codes are not usually associated with each other but can sometimes occur together.
Type 2 Excludes:
- burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
- effects of foreign body in ear (T16)
- effects of foreign body in larynx (T17.3)
- effects of foreign body in mouth NOS (T18.0)
- effects of foreign body in nose (T17.0-T17.1)
- effects of foreign body in pharynx (T17.2)
- effects of foreign body on external eye (T15.-)
- frostbite (T33-T34)
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
Code Also: It indicates that an additional code should be used alongside the primary code to capture related factors or associated conditions.
Section codeAlso:
- for any associated infection
These ranges represents Categories of Injuries to the head. The "S00-S09" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad section.
Codes:
- S00 - Superficial injury of head
- S01 - Open wound of head
- S02 - Fracture of skull and facial bones
- S03 - Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of head
- S04 - Injury of cranial nerve
- S05 - Injury of eye and orbit
- S06 - Intracranial injury
- S07 - Crushing injury of head
- S08 - Avulsion and traumatic amputation of part of head
- S09 - Other and unspecified injuries of head