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S00.0

S00.0: Superficial injury of scalp

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S00.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for superficial injury of scalp. 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 inherited from the categories above S00.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on S00: Superficial injury of head

  • 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 S00.0

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

  • 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

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 S00.0

8 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under S00

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

Loaded directly from the CMS/NCHS ICD-10-CM public-domain release: see data sources and our editorial policy. If this page disagrees with the CMS tabular list, this page is wrong. Reference information for professional coders; not medical or billing advice.