S01.45 — Open bite of cheek and temporomandibular area
S01.45 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for open bite of cheek and temporomandibular 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 S01
- 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.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Bite of cheek and temporomandibular area NOS
Risk adjustment
S01.45 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 S01.45
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S01.4. If S01.45 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S01.40Unspecified open wound of cheek and temporomandibular area
- S01.41Laceration without foreign body of cheek and temporomandibular area
- S01.42Laceration with foreign body of cheek and temporomandibular area
- S01.43Puncture wound without foreign body of cheek and temporomandibular area
- S01.44Puncture wound with foreign body of cheek and temporomandibular area
Questions about S01.45
- Is S01.45 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S01.45 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S01.45 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).