ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S00-S09 › S00.87 Other superficial bite of other... › S00.87XS
Other superficial bite of other part of head, sequela
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 Other superficial bite of other part of head, sequela
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 |
|---|---|---|
| S00.87XA | Other superficial bite of other part of head, initial encounter | Valid |
| S00.87XD | Other superficial bite of other part of head, subsequent encounter | Valid |