S02.118 — Other fracture of occiput, unspecified side
S02.118 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other fracture of occiput, unspecified side. 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 S02
- A
- initial encounter for closed fracture
- B
- initial encounter for open fracture
- D
- subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- G
- subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- K
- subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
S02.118 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.
How S02.118 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to S02.118.
- Fracture, traumatic›skull›base›occiput›condyle›specified NEC
Code to one of these instead S02.118
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- S02.118AOther fracture of occiput, unspecified side, initial encounter for closed fracture
- S02.118BOther fracture of occiput, unspecified side, initial encounter for open fracture
- S02.118DOther fracture of occiput, unspecified side, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- S02.118GOther fracture of occiput, unspecified side, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- S02.118KOther fracture of occiput, unspecified side, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- S02.118SOther fracture of occiput, unspecified side, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S02.11. If S02.118 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S02.110Type I occipital condyle fracture, unspecified side
- S02.111Type II occipital condyle fracture, unspecified side
- S02.112Type III occipital condyle fracture, unspecified side
- S02.113Unspecified occipital condyle fracture
- S02.119Unspecified fracture of occiput
- S02.11AType I occipital condyle fracture, right side
- S02.11BType I occipital condyle fracture, left side
- S02.11CType II occipital condyle fracture, right side
- S02.11DType II occipital condyle fracture, left side
- S02.11EType III occipital condyle fracture, right side
- S02.11FType III occipital condyle fracture, left side
- S02.11GOther fracture of occiput, right side
- S02.11HOther fracture of occiput, left side
Questions about S02.118
- Is S02.118 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S02.118 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S02.118 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).