MCMedicalCodingSoftware
S00.81

S00.81: Abrasion of other part of head

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S00.81 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for abrasion of other part 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

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S00.81

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.-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Abrasion›brow
  • Abrasion›cheek
  • Abrasion›chin
  • Abrasion›face
  • Abrasion›forehead
  • Abrasion›jaw
  • Abrasion›malar region
  • Abrasion›mastoid region
  • Abrasion›submaxillary region
  • Abrasion›submental region
  • Abrasion›supraorbital
  • Abrasion›temple

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead S00.81

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under S00.8

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.