S02.81XB: Fracture of other specified skull and facial bones, right side, initial encounter for open fracture
S02.81XB is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for fracture of other specified skull and facial bones, right side, initial encounter for open fracture. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check S02.81XB with the rest of the claim: free scrubber7th character "B": initial encounter for open fracture
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 S02.81XB
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- S01Open wound of head
Risk adjustment
S02.81XB risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 399 Major Head Injury without Loss of Consciousness0.199 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score. Look up the whole chart to see which of its HCCs the hierarchy would zero.
Medicare coverage
S02.81XB is named in 8 Medicare coverage policies: 8 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A54767Billing and Coding: Medicare Preventive Coverage for Certain Vaccines
- A56612Billing and Coding: CT of the Head
- A56729Billing and Coding: Magnetic Resonance Imaging of the Head and Neck
- A56900Billing and Coding: Immunizations
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Other codes under S02.81
- S02.81XAFracture of other specified skull and facial bones, right side, initial encounter for closed fracture
- S02.81XDFracture of other specified skull and facial bones, right side, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- S02.81XGFracture of other specified skull and facial bones, right side, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- S02.81XKFracture of other specified skull and facial bones, right side, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- S02.81XSFracture of other specified skull and facial bones, right side, sequela