S02.9
S02.9 — Fracture of unspecified skull and facial bones
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S02.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for fracture of unspecified skull and facial 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
Risk adjustment
S02.9 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 S02.9
2 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S02. If S02.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about S02.9
- Is S02.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S02.9 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S02.9 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).