S09.0 Injury of blood vessels of head, not elsewhere classified

Non-billable ICD-10-CM code.

Excludes1 (never code together)

• injury of cerebral blood vessels (S06.-)
• injury of precerebral blood vessels (S15.-)

Applies from S09 Other and unspecified injuries of head

7th character note

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S09

7th character required

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

Code annotations containing back-references to S09.0

Back-references to S09

• 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)")

Diagnosis Index entries for S09.0

• Injury › blood vessel NEC › head
• Injury › blood vessel NEC › head › multiple

Nearby codes

• S09 Other and unspecified injuries of head
• S09.0 Injury of blood vessels of head, not elsewhere classified (this code)
• S09.0XXA Injury of blood vessels of head, not elsewhere classified, initial encounter
• S09.0XXD Injury of blood vessels of head, not elsewhere classified, subsequent encounter
• S09.0XXS Injury of blood vessels of head, not elsewhere classified, sequela
• S09.1 Injury of muscle and tendon of head
• S09.10 Unspecified injury of muscle and tendon of head