S00.572A Other superficial bite of oral cavity, initial encounter

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Built from S00.572 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 S00.572 Other superficial bite of oral cavity

Excludes1 (never code together)

• open bite of oral cavity (S01.552)

Code annotations containing back-references to S00.572A

Back-references to S00.572

• Type 1 Excludes: S01.552 Open bite of oral cavity ("superficial bite of oral cavity (S00.572)")

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 S00.572A

• Bite (s) (animal) (human) › oral cavity › superficial NEC

Nearby codes

• S00.571 Other superficial bite of lip
• S00.571A Other superficial bite of lip, initial encounter
• S00.571D Other superficial bite of lip, subsequent encounter
• S00.571S Other superficial bite of lip, sequela
• S00.572 Other superficial bite of oral cavity
• S00.572A Other superficial bite of oral cavity, initial encounter (this code)
• S00.572D Other superficial bite of oral cavity, subsequent encounter
• S00.572S Other superficial bite of oral cavity, sequela
• S00.8 Superficial injury of other parts of head
• S00.80 Unspecified superficial injury of other part of head
• S00.80XA Unspecified superficial injury of other part of head, initial encounter