S00.85

S00.85: Superficial foreign body of other part of head

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S00.85 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for superficial foreign body 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

Inclusion terms

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

Splinter in other part of head

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S00.85

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

Foreign body›superficial, without open wound›brow
Foreign body›superficial, without open wound›cheek
Foreign body›superficial, without open wound›chin
Foreign body›superficial, without open wound›face
Foreign body›superficial, without open wound›forehead
Foreign body›superficial, without open wound›jaw
Foreign body›superficial, without open wound›malar region
Foreign body›superficial, without open wound›mastoid region
Foreign body›superficial, without open wound›submaxillary region
Foreign body›superficial, without open wound›submental region
Foreign body›superficial, without open wound›supraorbital
Foreign body›superficial, without open wound›temple