ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S00-S09 › S00.8 Superficial injury of other parts of head › S00.87
Other superficial bite of other part of head
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- S00.87XA Other superficial bite of other part of head, initial encounter
- S00.87XD Other superficial bite of other part of head, subsequent encounter
- S00.87XS Other superficial bite of other part of head, sequela
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2014 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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Other superficial bite of other part of head
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.
- Bite > jaw
- Bedbug bite
- Bite > brow
- Bite > chin
- Bite > flea
- Human > bite
- Bite > animal
- Bite > bedbug
- Bite > insect
- Insect > bite
- Bite > face NEC
- Bite > forehead
- Bite > nasopharynx
- Bite > superficial
- Wound, open > bite
- Bite > head > cheek
- Bite > malar region
- Bite > supraorbital
- Bite > mastoid region
- Bite > submental region
- Wound, open > head > bite
- Bite > snake > nonvenomous
- Bite > submaxillary region
- Wound, open > cheek > bite
- Wound, open > head > cheek
- Bite > spider > nonvenomous
- Spider > bite > nonvenomous
- Injury > thumb > superficial
- Bite > temporomandibular area
- Injury > finger > superficial
- Bite > temple, temporal region
- Wound, open > vocal cord > bite
- Bite > reptile NEC > nonvenomous
- Human > bite > intact skin surface
- Injury > superficial NEC > bite NEC
- Bite > head > temporomandibular area
- Syndrome > acquired immunodeficiency
- Wound, open > temporomandibular area
- Injury > superficial NEC > arm > bite
- Injury > superficial NEC > ear > bite
Showing 40 of 65 index phrases.
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S00.80 | Unspecified superficial injury of other part of head | Not billable |
| S00.81 | Abrasion of other part of head | Not billable |
| S00.82 | Blister (nonthermal) of other part of head | Not billable |
| S00.83 | Contusion of other part of head | Not billable |
| S00.84 | External constriction of other part of head | Not billable |
| S00.85 | Superficial foreign body of other part of head | Not billable |
| S00.86 | Insect bite (nonvenomous) of other part of head | Not billable |