S00.1 — Contusion of eyelid and periocular area
S00.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contusion of eyelid and periocular area. 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
Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- contusion of eyeball and orbital tissues (S05.1-)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Black eye
Risk adjustment
S00.1 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead S00.1
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S00. If S00.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S00.0Superficial injury of scalp
- S00.2Other and unspecified superficial injuries of eyelid and periocular area
- S00.3Superficial injury of nose
- S00.4Superficial injury of ear
- S00.5Superficial injury of lip and oral cavity
- S00.8Superficial injury of other parts of head
- S00.9Superficial injury of unspecified part of head
Questions about S00.1
- Is S00.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S00.1 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S00.1 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Injuries to the head (S00-S09).