ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S00-S09 › S03.4 Sprain of jaw › S03.40

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2017 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

• S03.40XA Sprain of jaw, unspecified side, initial encounter
• S03.40XD Sprain of jaw, unspecified side, subsequent encounter
• S03.40XS Sprain of jaw, unspecified side, sequela

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

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 S03 Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of head

Seventh character required

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S03

Excludes2 - not included here

• Strain of muscle or tendon of head (S09.1)

Code also

• any associated open wound

Includes

• avulsion of joint (capsule) or ligament of head
• laceration of cartilage, joint (capsule) or ligament of head
• sprain of cartilage, joint (capsule) or ligament of head
• traumatic hemarthrosis of joint or ligament of head
• traumatic rupture of joint or ligament of head
• traumatic subluxation of joint or ligament of head
• traumatic tear of joint or ligament of head

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.

• Tenosynovitis
• Injury > axilla
• Sprain > scapula
• Avulsion > ligament
• Division > ligament
• Detachment > ligament
• Dislocation > partial
• Disruption > ligament
• Laceration > ligament
• Tear, torn > ligament
• Detachment > cartilage
• Tear, torn > cartilage
• Dislocation > incomplete
• Hemarthrosis > traumatic
• Injury > scapular region
• Avulsion > joint > capsule
• Injury > shoulder > sprain
• Laceration > joint capsule
• Laceration > capsule, joint
• Tear, torn > capsule, joint
• Disorder > tendon > synovitis
• Rupture, ruptured > cartilage
• Synovitis > traumatic, current
• Disorder > joint > hemarthrosis
• Disorder > synovium > synovitis
• Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic > joint
• Sprain > shoulder joint > blade
• Dislocation > vertebra > partial
• Subluxation > ligament, traumatic
• Rupture, ruptured > traumatic > ligament
• Rupture, ruptured > joint capsule, traumatic
• Sprain > shoulder joint > coracoclavicular joint
• Sprain > shoulder joint > coracohumeral ligament
• Sprain > shoulder joint > acromioclavicular joint
• Sprain > jaw
• Sprain > mandible
• Sprain > meniscus > jaw
• Sprain > symphysis > jaw
• Sprain > temporomandibular
• Sprain > meniscus > mandible

Showing 40 of 41 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S03.41	Sprain of jaw, right side	Not billable
S03.42	Sprain of jaw, left side	Not billable
S03.43	Sprain of jaw, bilateral	Not billable
S03.4XXA	Sprain of jaw, initial encounter	Retired
S03.4XXD	Sprain of jaw, subsequent encounter	Retired
S03.4XXS	Sprain of jaw, sequela	Retired