S00 - Superficial injury of head

The ICD 10 Code for Superficial injury of head is listed as S00.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field	Value
Diagnosis Code:	S00
Description:	Superficial injury of head Excludes1: diffuse cerebral contusion (S06.2-) focal cerebral contusion (S06.3-) injury of eye and orbit (S05.-) open wound of head (S01.-) The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S00 A - initial encounter D - subsequent encounter S - sequela

Chapter	Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of S00:
S00.0 - Superficial injury of scalp
S00.1 - Contusion of eyelid and periocular area
S00.2 - Other and unspecified superficial injuries of eyelid and periocular area
S00.3 - Superficial injury of nose
S00.4 - Superficial injury of ear
S00.5 - Superficial injury of lip and oral cavity
S00.8 - Superficial injury of other parts of head
S00.9 - Superficial injury of unspecified part of head