S00.8 — Superficial injury of other parts of head
S00.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for superficial injury of other parts 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
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Superficial injuries of face [any part]
Other codes that can never be billed with S00.8
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at S00.8. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading S00.8 alone.
Risk adjustment
S00.8 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 S00.8
8 child codes. Green means billable.
- S00.80Unspecified superficial injury of other part of head
- S00.81Abrasion of other part of head
- S00.82Blister (nonthermal) of other part of head
- S00.83Contusion of other part of head
- S00.84External constriction of other part of head
- S00.85Superficial foreign body of other part of head
- S00.86Insect bite (nonvenomous) of other part of head
- S00.87Other superficial bite of other part of head
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S00. If S00.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S00.0Superficial injury of scalp
- S00.1Contusion of eyelid and periocular area
- 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
- S00.9Superficial injury of unspecified part of head
Questions about S00.8
- Is S00.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S00.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S00.8 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).