S00.551A Superficial foreign body of lip, initial encounter

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Built from S00.551 with 7th character A (initial encounter).

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

Applies from S00.551 Superficial foreign body of lip

Applicable to

• Splinter of lip and oral cavity

Code annotations containing back-references to S00.551A

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 S00.551A

• Foreign body › superficial, without open wound › head › lip
• Foreign body › superficial, without open wound › lip

Nearby codes

• 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
• S00.551 Superficial foreign body of lip
• S00.551A Superficial foreign body of lip, initial encounter (this code)
• 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
• S00.552A Superficial foreign body of oral cavity, initial encounter
• S00.552D Superficial foreign body of oral cavity, subsequent encounter