S00
Superficial injury of head
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
Official Coding Notes
Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files.
Excludes1
diffuse cerebral contusion ( S06.2- )
Excludes1
focal cerebral contusion ( S06.3- )
Excludes1
injury of eye and orbit ( S05 .-)
Excludes1
open wound of head ( S01 .-)
7th Character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S00
7th Character
A - initial encounter
7th Character
D - subsequent encounter
7th Character
S - sequela
More Specific Codes
8 codes under S00
- S00.0 Superficial injury of scalp Has subcodes
- S00.1 Contusion of eyelid and periocular area Has subcodes
- S00.2 Other and unspecified superficial injuries of eyelid and periocular area Has subcodes
- S00.3 Superficial injury of nose Has subcodes
- S00.4 Superficial injury of ear Has subcodes
- S00.5 Superficial injury of lip and oral cavity Has subcodes
- S00.8 Superficial injury of other parts of head Has subcodes
- S00.9 Superficial injury of unspecified part of head Has subcodes
Version History
How S00 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.
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FY 2027 Effective
CurrentSuperficial injury of head
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FY 2026 Effective
UnchangedSuperficial injury of head
Data Source
Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
- Source file
- icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip
Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)
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