S00.55 Superficial foreign body of lip and oral cavity

Non-billable header with 2 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 S00.55

• S00.551 Superficial foreign body of lip
• S00.552 Superficial foreign body of oral cavity

Code annotations containing back-references to S00.55

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

• S00.541S External constriction of lip, sequela
• S00.542 External constriction of oral cavity
• S00.542A External constriction of oral cavity, initial encounter
• S00.542D External constriction of oral cavity, subsequent encounter
• S00.542S External constriction of oral cavity, sequela
• S00.55 Superficial foreign body of lip and oral cavity (this code)
• S00.551 Superficial foreign body of lip
• S00.551A Superficial foreign body of lip, initial encounter
• S00.551D Superficial foreign body of lip, subsequent encounter
• S00.551S Superficial foreign body of lip, sequela
• S00.552 Superficial foreign body of oral cavity