S01.42 Laceration with foreign body of cheek and temporomandibular area

Non-billable header with 3 child codes.

Applies from S01 Open wound of head

Excludes1 (never code together)

• open skull fracture (S02.- with 7th character B)

Excludes2 (not included here)

• injury of eye and orbit (S05.-)
• traumatic amputation of part of head (S08.-)

Code also

• any associated:
• injury of cranial nerve (S04.-)
• injury of muscle and tendon of head (S09.1-)
• intracranial injury (S06.-)
• wound infection

7th character note

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S01

7th character required

• A — initial encounter
• D — subsequent encounter
• S — sequela

Codes under S01.42

• S01.421 Laceration with foreign body of right cheek and temporomandibular area
• S01.422 Laceration with foreign body of left cheek and temporomandibular area
• S01.429 Laceration with foreign body of unspecified cheek and temporomandibular area

Code annotations containing back-references to S01.42

Back-references to S01

• 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)")
• Type 1 Excludes: S00 Superficial injury of head ("open wound of head (S01.-)")
• Code Also: S04 Injury of cranial nerve ("open wound of head (S01.-)")
• Code Also: S06 Intracranial injury ("open wound of head (S01.-)")
• Code Also: S09.1 Injury of muscle and tendon of head ("any associated open wound (S01.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for S01.42

• Laceration › cheek (external) › with foreign body

Nearby codes

• S01.412S Laceration without foreign body of left cheek and temporomandibular area, sequela
• S01.419 Laceration without foreign body of unspecified cheek and temporomandibular area
• S01.419A Laceration without foreign body of unspecified cheek and temporomandibular area, initial encounter
• S01.419D Laceration without foreign body of unspecified cheek and temporomandibular area, subsequent encounter
• S01.419S Laceration without foreign body of unspecified cheek and temporomandibular area, sequela
• S01.42 Laceration with foreign body of cheek and temporomandibular area (this code)
• S01.421 Laceration with foreign body of right cheek and temporomandibular area
• S01.421A Laceration with foreign body of right cheek and temporomandibular area, initial encounter
• S01.421D Laceration with foreign body of right cheek and temporomandibular area, subsequent encounter
• S01.421S Laceration with foreign body of right cheek and temporomandibular area, sequela
• S01.422 Laceration with foreign body of left cheek and temporomandibular area