S00.9 is the ICD-10 code for Superficial injury of head, part unspecified. 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
S00.9 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
S00.9Overflateskade på uspesifisert del av hode
DS009Overfladisk læsion af hovedet UNS
S00.9Sijainniltaan määrittämätön pinnallinen pään vamma
S00.9Oberflächliche Verletzung des Kopfes, Teil nicht näher bezeichnet
S00.9Lésion traumatique superficielle de la tête, partie non précisée
S00.9oppervlakkig letsel van hoofd, deel niet-gespecificeerd
Listed through more specific codes:
- S00.90XAUnspecified superficial injury of unspecified part of head, initial encounter
- S00.90XDUnspecified superficial injury of unspecified part of head, subsequent encounter
- S00.90XSUnspecified superficial injury of unspecified part of head, sequela
- S00.91XAAbrasion of unspecified part of head, initial encounter
- S00.91XDAbrasion of unspecified part of head, subsequent encounter
- S00.91XSAbrasion of unspecified part of head, sequela
- S00.92XABlister (nonthermal) of unspecified part of head, initial encounter
- S00.92XDBlister (nonthermal) of unspecified part of head, 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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