Is S00.25 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. S00.25 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does S00.25 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).

S00.25

S00.25 — Superficial foreign body of eyelid and periocular area

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S00.25 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for superficial foreign body 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.

retained foreign body in eyelid (H02.81-)

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Splinter of eyelid and periocular area

Other codes that can never be billed with S00.25

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at S00.25. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading S00.25 alone.

H02.81Retained foreign body in eyelid

Risk adjustment

S00.25 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 S00.25

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share S00.2. If S00.25 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about S00.25

Is S00.25 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. S00.25 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does S00.25 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).