S09.9 is the ICD-10 code for Unspecified injury of head. It is a four-character subcategory of S09 (Other and unspecified injuries 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
What S09.9 includes
Conditions and terms that are coded here.
- Injury of:
- face NOS
- ear NOS
- nose NOS
S09.9 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
S09.9Uspesifisert hodeskade
DS099Læsion af hovedet UNS
S09.9Määrittämätön pään vamma
S09.9Nicht näher bezeichnete Verletzung des Kopfes
S09.9Lésion traumatique de la tête, sans précision
S09.9niet-gespecificeerd letsel van hoofd
Listed through more specific codes:
- S09.90XAUnspecified injury of head, initial encounter
- S09.90XDUnspecified injury of head, subsequent encounter
- S09.90XSUnspecified injury of head, sequela
- S09.91XAUnspecified injury of ear, initial encounter
- S09.91XDUnspecified injury of ear, subsequent encounter
- S09.91XSUnspecified injury of ear, sequela
- S09.92XAUnspecified injury of nose, initial encounter
- S09.92XDUnspecified injury of nose, subsequent encounter
- and 4 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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