ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S00-S09 › S02.1 Fracture of base of skull › S02.19
Other fracture of base 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:
- S02.19XA Other fracture of base of skull, initial encounter for closed fracture
- S02.19XB Other fracture of base of skull, initial encounter for open fracture
- S02.19XD Other fracture of base of skull, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- S02.19XG Other fracture of base of skull, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- S02.19XK Other fracture of base of skull, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- S02.19XS Other fracture of base 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 Other fracture of base 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 > ethmoid
- Fracture, traumatic > base of skull
- Fracture, traumatic > fossa
- Fracture, traumatic > sinus
- Fracture, traumatic > sphenoid
- Fracture, traumatic > temporal bone
- Fracture, traumatic > frontal > sinus
- Fracture, traumatic > skull > temporal bone
- Fracture, traumatic > skull > base > specified NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S02.10 | Unspecified fracture of base of skull | Not billable |
| S02.11 | Fracture of occiput | Not billable |
| S02.12 | Fracture of orbital roof | Not billable |