`S00.45` Superficial foreign body of ear

Non-billable header with 3 child codes.

Applicable to

Splinter in the ear

Applies from S00 Superficial injury of head

Excludes1 (never code together)

diffuse cerebral contusion (S06.2-)
focal cerebral contusion (S06.3-)
injury of eye and orbit (S05.-)
open wound of head (S01.-)

7th character note

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S00

7th character required

A — initial encounter
D — subsequent encounter
S — sequela

Codes under S00.45

S00.451 Superficial foreign body of right ear
S00.452 Superficial foreign body of left ear
S00.459 Superficial foreign body of unspecified ear

Code annotations containing back-references to S00.45

Back-references to S00.4

Type 2 Excludes: S09.3 Other specified and unspecified injury of middle and inner ear ("injury to external ear (S00.4-, S01.3-, S08.1-)")

Back-references to S00

Code Also: G96.00 Cerebrospinal fluid leak, unspecified ("head injury (S00-S09)")
Code Also: G96.08 Other cranial cerebrospinal fluid leak ("head injury (S00 - S09)")
Code Also: G96.09 Other spinal cerebrospinal fluid leak ("head injury (S00 - S09)")
Code First: R65.1 Systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS) of non-infectious origin ("injury and trauma (S00-T88)")

Diagnosis Index entries for S00.45

Foreign body › superficial, without open wound › ear

Nearby codes

S00.442S External constriction of left ear, sequela
S00.449 External constriction of unspecified ear
S00.449A External constriction of unspecified ear, initial encounter
S00.449D External constriction of unspecified ear, subsequent encounter
S00.449S External constriction of unspecified ear, sequela
S00.45 Superficial foreign body of ear (this code)
S00.451 Superficial foreign body of right ear
S00.451A Superficial foreign body of right ear, initial encounter
S00.451D Superficial foreign body of right ear, subsequent encounter
S00.451S Superficial foreign body of right ear, sequela
S00.452 Superficial foreign body of left ear