S02.2
S02.2: Fracture of nasal bones
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S02.2 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for fracture of nasal bones. 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
Other codes that can never be billed with S02.2
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- S01Open wound of head
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Broken›nose
- Fracture, traumatic›nasal(bone(s))
- Fracture, traumatic›nose, nasal(bone) (septum)
- Fracture, traumatic›vomer(bone)
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead S02.2
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- S02.2XXAFracture of nasal bones, initial encounter for closed fracture
- S02.2XXBFracture of nasal bones, initial encounter for open fracture
- S02.2XXDFracture of nasal bones, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- S02.2XXGFracture of nasal bones, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- S02.2XXKFracture of nasal bones, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- S02.2XXSFracture of nasal bones, sequela
Other codes under S02
- S02.0Fracture of vault of skull
- S02.1Fracture of base of skull
- S02.3Fracture of orbital floor
- S02.4Fracture of malar, maxillary and zygoma bones
- S02.5Fracture of tooth (traumatic)
- S02.6Fracture of mandible
- S02.8Fractures of other specified skull and facial bones
- S02.9Fracture of unspecified skull and facial bones