ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S00-S09 › S02 Fracture of skull and facial bones › S02.0
Fracture of vault of skull
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 6 more specific codes instead:
- S02.0XXA Fracture of vault of skull, initial encounter for closed fracture
- S02.0XXB Fracture of vault of skull, initial encounter for open fracture
- S02.0XXD Fracture of vault of skull, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- S02.0XXG Fracture of vault of skull, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- S02.0XXK Fracture of vault of skull, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- S02.0XXS Fracture of vault of skull, 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 Fracture of vault of skull
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 S02 Fracture of skull and facial bones
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S02
Code also
- any associated intracranial injury (S06.-)
Note
- A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed
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.
- Fracture, traumatic > vertex
- Fracture, traumatic > frontal
- Fracture, traumatic > parietal bone
- Fracture, traumatic > skull > vault
- Fracture, traumatic > vault of skull
- Fracture, traumatic > skull > frontal bone
- Fracture, traumatic > skull > parietal bone
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S02.1 | Fracture of base of skull | Not billable |
| S02.2 | Fracture of nasal bones | Not billable |
| S02.3 | Fracture of orbital floor | Not billable |
| S02.4 | Fracture of malar, maxillary and zygoma bones | Not billable |
| S02.5 | Fracture of tooth (traumatic) | Not billable |
| S02.6 | Fracture of mandible | Not billable |
| S02.8 | Fractures of other specified skull and facial bones | Not billable |
| S02.9 | Fracture of unspecified skull and facial bones | Not billable |