ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S00-S09 › S08 Avulsion and traumatic amputation... › S08.0
Avulsion of scalp
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 3 more specific codes instead:
- S08.0XXA Avulsion of scalp, initial encounter
- S08.0XXD Avulsion of scalp, subsequent encounter
- S08.0XXS Avulsion of scalp, 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 Avulsion of scalp
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 S08 Avulsion and traumatic amputation of part of head
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S08
Also known as
- An amputation not identified as partial or complete should be coded to complete
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.
- Stump
- Avulsion > limb
- Disarticulation
- Loss > limb or member, traumatic, current
- Disarticulation > meaning traumatic amputation
- Wound, open > genital organs, external > with amputation
- Avulsion > scalp
- Avulsion > head > scalp
- Amputation > traumatic > head > part > scalp
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S08.1 | Traumatic amputation of ear | Not billable |
| S08.8 | Traumatic amputation of other parts of head | Not billable |