S01
Open wound of head
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
Official Coding Notes
Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files.
Excludes1
open skull fracture (S02.- with 7th character B)
Excludes2
injury of eye and orbit ( S05 .-)
Excludes2
traumatic amputation of part of head ( S08 .-)
Code Also
any associated:
Code Also
injury of cranial nerve ( S04 .-)
Code Also
injury of muscle and tendon of head ( S09.1- )
Code Also
intracranial injury ( S06 .-)
Code Also
wound infection
7th Character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S01
7th Character
A - initial encounter
7th Character
D - subsequent encounter
7th Character
S - sequela
More Specific Codes
8 codes under S01
- S01.0 Open wound of scalp Has subcodes
- S01.1 Open wound of eyelid and periocular area Has subcodes
- S01.2 Open wound of nose Has subcodes
- S01.3 Open wound of ear Has subcodes
- S01.4 Open wound of cheek and temporomandibular area Has subcodes
- S01.5 Open wound of lip and oral cavity Has subcodes
- S01.8 Open wound of other parts of head Has subcodes
- S01.9 Open wound of unspecified part of head Has subcodes
Version History
How S01 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.
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FY 2027 Effective
CurrentOpen wound of head
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FY 2026 Effective
UnchangedOpen wound of head
Related Codes
Codes whose official notes reference S01
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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