S00.0 is the ICD-10 code for Superficial injury of scalp. It is a four-character subcategory of S00 (Superficial injury of head), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block S00–S09 (Injuries to the head) in Chapter XIX, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
- Code type
- Subcategory (4 characters)
- Chapter
- XIX · S00–T98
- Classification
- WHO ICD-10, 2019 version
S00.0 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
S00.0Overflateskade i hodebunn
DS000Overfladisk læsion af skalpen
S00.0Pinnallinen päänahan vamma
S00.0Oberflächliche Verletzung der behaarten Kopfhaut
S00.0Lésion traumatique superficielle du cuir chevelu
S00.0oppervlakkig letsel van behaarde hoofd
Listed through more specific codes:
- S00.00XAUnspecified superficial injury of scalp, initial encounter
- S00.00XDUnspecified superficial injury of scalp, subsequent encounter
- S00.00XSUnspecified superficial injury of scalp, sequela
- S00.01XAAbrasion of scalp, initial encounter
- S00.01XDAbrasion of scalp, subsequent encounter
- S00.01XSAbrasion of scalp, sequela
- S00.02XABlister (nonthermal) of scalp, initial encounter
- S00.02XDBlister (nonthermal) of scalp, subsequent encounter
- and 16 more national subcodes
Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.
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