S00.531 — Contusion of lip
S00.531 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contusion of lip. 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
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Bruise of lip
- Hematoma of lip
Risk adjustment
S00.531 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.
How S00.531 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to S00.531.
- Contusion›lip
- Contusion›head›lip
Code to one of these instead S00.531
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S00.53. If S00.531 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about S00.531
- Is S00.531 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S00.531 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S00.531 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).