S00

S00: Superficial injury of head

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S00 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for superficial injury of head. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.

This code requires a 7th character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S00

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

diffuse cerebral contusion (S06.2-)
focal cerebral contusion (S06.3-)
injury of eye and orbit (S05.-)
open wound of head (S01.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with S00

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

H02.81Retained foreign body in eyelid
S01.05Open bite of scalp
S01.05XAOpen bite of scalp, initial encounter
S01.05XDOpen bite of scalp, subsequent encounter
S01.05XSOpen bite of scalp, sequela
S01.15Open bite of eyelid and periocular area
S01.25Open bite of nose
S01.25XAOpen bite of nose, initial encounter

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead S00

8 child codes. Green means billable.