S02.839
S02.839 — Fracture of medial orbital wall, unspecified side
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMunspecified
S02.839 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for fracture of medial orbital wall, 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
S02.839 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 S02.839
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- S02.839AFracture of medial orbital wall, unspecified side, initial encounter for closed fracture
- S02.839BFracture of medial orbital wall, unspecified side, initial encounter for open fracture
- S02.839DFracture of medial orbital wall, unspecified side, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- S02.839GFracture of medial orbital wall, unspecified side, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- S02.839KFracture of medial orbital wall, unspecified side, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- S02.839SFracture of medial orbital wall, unspecified side, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S02.83. If S02.839 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about S02.839
- Is S02.839 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S02.839 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S02.839 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).