S02 — Fracture of skull and facial bones
Part of Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes , block Injuries to the head (S00-S09) .
Official Notes
Note
A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed
Code Also
any associated intracranial injury ( S06 .-)
7th Character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S02
7th Character
A - initial encounter for closed fracture
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B - initial encounter for open fracture
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D - subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
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G - subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
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K - subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
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S - sequela
Child Codes
- S02.0 Fracture of vault of skull Has subcodes
- S02.1 Fracture of base of skull Has subcodes
- S02.2 Fracture of nasal bones Has subcodes
- S02.3 Fracture of orbital floor Has subcodes
- S02.4 Fracture of malar, maxillary and zygoma bones Has subcodes
- S02.5 Fracture of tooth (traumatic) Has subcodes
- S02.6 Fracture of mandible Has subcodes
- S02.8 Fractures of other specified skull and facial bones Has subcodes
- S02.9 Fracture of unspecified skull and facial bones Has subcodes
Referenced By
Official notes on these codes cite S02.
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