S00.5 Superficial injury of lip and oral cavity

Non-billable header with 8 child codes.

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 S00.5

• S00.50 Unspecified superficial injury of lip and oral cavity
• S00.51 Abrasion of lip and oral cavity
• S00.52 Blister (nonthermal) of lip and oral cavity
• S00.53 Contusion of lip and oral cavity
• S00.54 External constriction of lip and oral cavity
• S00.55 Superficial foreign body of lip and oral cavity
• S00.56 Insect bite (nonvenomous) of lip and oral cavity
• S00.57 Other superficial bite of lip and oral cavity

Code annotations containing back-references to S00.5

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

• S00.472S Other superficial bite of left ear, sequela
• S00.479 Other superficial bite of unspecified ear
• S00.479A Other superficial bite of unspecified ear, initial encounter
• S00.479D Other superficial bite of unspecified ear, subsequent encounter
• S00.479S Other superficial bite of unspecified ear, sequela
• S00.5 Superficial injury of lip and oral cavity (this code)
• S00.50 Unspecified superficial injury of lip and oral cavity
• S00.501 Unspecified superficial injury of lip
• S00.501A Unspecified superficial injury of lip, initial encounter
• S00.501D Unspecified superficial injury of lip, subsequent encounter
• S00.501S Unspecified superficial injury of lip, sequela