S00.9 Superficial injury of unspecified part of head

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 S00.9

• S00.90 Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified part of head
• S00.91 Abrasion of unspecified part of head
• S00.92 Blister (nonthermal) of unspecified part of head
• S00.93 Contusion of unspecified part of head
• S00.94 External constriction of unspecified part of head
• S00.95 Superficial foreign body of unspecified part of head
• S00.96 Insect bite (nonvenomous) of unspecified part of head
• S00.97 Other superficial bite of unspecified part of head

Code annotations containing back-references to S00.9

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

• S00.86XS Insect bite (nonvenomous) of other part of head, sequela
• S00.87 Other superficial bite of other part of head
• S00.87XA Other superficial bite of other part of head, initial encounter
• S00.87XD Other superficial bite of other part of head, subsequent encounter
• S00.87XS Other superficial bite of other part of head, sequela
• S00.9 Superficial injury of unspecified part of head (this code)
• S00.90 Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified part of head
• S00.90XA Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified part of head, initial encounter
• S00.90XD Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified part of head, subsequent encounter
• S00.90XS Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified part of head, sequela
• S00.91 Abrasion of unspecified part of head