S00.469 Insect bite (nonvenomous) of unspecified ear

Non-billable ICD-10-CM code.

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

Code annotations containing back-references to S00.469

Back-references to S00.46

• Type 1 Excludes: S01.35 Open bite of ear ("superficial bite of ear (S00.46, S00.47)")

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)")

Nearby codes

• S00.461S Insect bite (nonvenomous) of right ear, sequela
• S00.462 Insect bite (nonvenomous) of left ear
• S00.462A Insect bite (nonvenomous) of left ear, initial encounter
• S00.462D Insect bite (nonvenomous) of left ear, subsequent encounter
• S00.462S Insect bite (nonvenomous) of left ear, sequela
• S00.469 Insect bite (nonvenomous) of unspecified ear (this code)
• S00.469A Insect bite (nonvenomous) of unspecified ear, initial encounter
• S00.469D Insect bite (nonvenomous) of unspecified ear, subsequent encounter
• S00.469S Insect bite (nonvenomous) of unspecified ear, sequela
• S00.47 Other superficial bite of ear
• S00.471 Other superficial bite of right ear