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S01.85

S01.85: Open bite of other part of head

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S01.85 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for open bite 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 S01

A
initial encounter
D
subsequent encounter
S
sequela

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

  • superficial bite of other part of head (S00.87)

Inclusion terms

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

  • Bite of other part of head NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S01.85

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on S01: Open wound of head

  • open skull fracture (S02.- with 7th character B)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S01.85

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on S01: Open wound of head

  • injury of eye and orbit (S05.-)
  • traumatic amputation of part of head (S08.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with S01.85

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • S00Superficial injury of head
  • S00.87Other superficial bite of other part of head
  • S00.87XAOther superficial bite of other part of head, initial encounter
  • S00.87XDOther superficial bite of other part of head, subsequent encounter
  • S00.87XSOther superficial bite of other part of head, sequela

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

  • Bite›head›specified site NEC

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead S01.85

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under S01.8

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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