ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S00-S09 › S02.62 Fracture of subcondylar process of mandible › S02.62XA
Fracture of subcondylar process of mandible, initial encounter for closed fracture
RetiredICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
No longer in the code set. Submitting it will not be accepted for a current date of service.
Use instead:
- S02.620A Fracture of subcondylar process of mandible, unspecified side, initial encounter for closed fracture stated for FY2016
- S02.621A Fracture of subcondylar process of right mandible, initial encounter for closed fracture stated for FY2016
- S02.622A Fracture of subcondylar process of left mandible, initial encounter for closed fracture stated for FY2016
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 Fracture of subcondylar process of mandible, initial encounter for closed fracture
- FY2017 Removed from the code set
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 > jaw
- Fracture, traumatic > malar bone
- Fracture, traumatic > jaw > upper
- Fracture, traumatic > ramus > mandible
- Fracture, traumatic > maxilla, maxillary > inferior
- Fracture, traumatic > mandible > subcondylar process
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S02.620 | Fracture of subcondylar process of mandible, unspecified side | Not billable |
| S02.621 | Fracture of subcondylar process of right mandible | Not billable |
| S02.622 | Fracture of subcondylar process of left mandible | Not billable |
| S02.62XB | Fracture of subcondylar process of mandible, initial encounter for open fracture | Retired |
| S02.62XD | Fracture of subcondylar process of mandible, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing | Retired |
| S02.62XG | Fracture of subcondylar process of mandible, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing | Retired |
| S02.62XK | Fracture of subcondylar process of mandible, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion | Retired |
| S02.62XS | Fracture of subcondylar process of mandible, sequela | Retired |