S01.512A Laceration without foreign body of oral cavity, initial encounter

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Built from S01.512 with 7th character A (initial encounter).

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

Applies from S01.5 Open wound of lip and oral cavity

Excludes2 (not included here)

• tooth dislocation (S03.2)
• tooth fracture (S02.5)

Code annotations containing back-references to S01.512A

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 S01.512A

• Laceration › oral cavity

Nearby codes

• S01.511 Laceration without foreign body of lip
• S01.511A Laceration without foreign body of lip, initial encounter
• S01.511D Laceration without foreign body of lip, subsequent encounter
• S01.511S Laceration without foreign body of lip, sequela
• S01.512 Laceration without foreign body of oral cavity
• S01.512A Laceration without foreign body of oral cavity, initial encounter (this code)
• S01.512D Laceration without foreign body of oral cavity, subsequent encounter
• S01.512S Laceration without foreign body of oral cavity, sequela
• S01.52 Laceration of lip and oral cavity with foreign body
• S01.521 Laceration with foreign body of lip
• S01.521A Laceration with foreign body of lip, initial encounter