ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S00-S09 › S00.401 Unspecified superficial injury of right ear › S00.401A
Unspecified superficial injury of right ear, initial encounter
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Unspecified superficial injury of right ear, initial encounter
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from S00 Superficial injury of head
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S00
Excludes1 - never coded here
- diffuse cerebral contusion (S06.2-)
- focal cerebral contusion (S06.3-)
- injury of eye and orbit (S05.-)
- open wound of head (S01.-)
Inherited from the S00-S09 section Injuries to the head (S00-S09)
Excludes2 - not included here
- burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
- effects of foreign body in ear (T16)
- effects of foreign body in larynx (T17.3)
- effects of foreign body in mouth NOS (T18.0)
- effects of foreign body in nose (T17.0-T17.1)
- effects of foreign body in pharynx (T17.2)
- effects of foreign body on external eye (T15.-)
- frostbite (T33-T34)
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
Code also
- for any associated infection
Includes
- injuries of ear
- injuries of eye
- injuries of face [any part]
- injuries of gum
- injuries of jaw
- injuries of oral cavity
- injuries of palate
- injuries of periocular area
- injuries of scalp
- injuries of temporomandibular joint area
- injuries of tongue
- injuries of tooth
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Injury > ear > superficial
- Injury > superficial NEC > jaw
- Injury > superficial NEC > brow
- Injury > superficial NEC > cheek
- Injury > superficial NEC > pinna
- Injury > superficial NEC > temple
- Injury > superficial NEC > auricle
- Injury > superficial NEC > face NEC
- Injury > superficial NEC > head > ear
- Injury > superficial NEC > malar region
- Injury > superficial NEC > supraorbital
- Injury > superficial NEC > auditory canal
- Injury > superficial NEC > mastoid region
- Injury > superficial NEC > temporal region
- Injury > superficial NEC > submental region
- Injury > superficial NEC > submaxillary region
- Injury > superficial NEC > tympanum, tympanic membrane
- Injury > superficial NEC > ear
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S00.401D | Unspecified superficial injury of right ear, subsequent encounter | Valid |
| S00.401S | Unspecified superficial injury of right ear, sequela | Valid |