S00 Superficial injury of head
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The ICD-10-CM code for Superficial injury of head is S00 (FY2026). It is a non-billable category code — select a more specific code below for claims.
Classification
- Section
- S00-S09: Injuries to the head (S00-S09)
- Category S00
- 128 codes (96 billable)
- FY2026 Status
- Stable since FY2024
Official Coding Guidelines
Coding injuries: separate codes unless combination; T07; S00-T14.9 notesb. Coding of Injuries When coding injuries, assign separate codes for each injury unless a combination code is provided, in which case the combination code is assigned. Codes from category T07, Unspecified multiple injuries should not be assigned in the inpatient setting unless information for a more specific code is not available. Traumatic injury codes (S00- T14.9) are not to be used for normal, healing surgical wounds or to identify complications of surgical wounds. The code for the most serious injury, as determined by the provider and the focus of treatment, is sequenced first.
Sequence blood vessel/nerve injury first (fragment)injury is to the blood vessels or nerves, that injury should be sequenced first.
Source: CMS — ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting, FY2026
References
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