ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S00-S09 › S09 Other and unspecified injuries of head › S09.9
Unspecified injury of face and head
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 4 more specific codes instead:
- S09.90 Unspecified injury of head (also a header)
- S09.91 Unspecified injury of ear (also a header)
- S09.92 Unspecified injury of nose (also a header)
- S09.93 Unspecified injury of face (also a header)
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Unspecified injury of face and head
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 S09 Other and unspecified injuries of head
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S09
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
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S09.0 | Injury of blood vessels of head, not elsewhere classified | Not billable |
| S09.1 | Injury of muscle and tendon of head | Not billable |
| S09.2 | Traumatic rupture of ear drum | Not billable |
| S09.3 | Other specified and unspecified injury of middle and inner ear | Not billable |
| S09.8 | Other specified injuries of head | Not billable |