S02

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Fracture of skull and facial bones

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Coding Guidance

S02 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.

Additional Information

From parent codes: S00-T88 (Chapter 19)

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S00-T88

Excludes1 means 'NOT CODED HERE!' An Excludes1 note indicates mutually exclusive codes: two conditions that cannot be reported together.

birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Use Additional CodeFrom S00-T88

The 'use additional code' note instructs that a secondary code should be added to provide more detail.

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

More Specific Codes (9)

S02.0Fracture of vault of skullCategory→S02.1Fracture of base of skullCategory→S02.2Fracture of nasal bonesCategory→S02.3Fracture of orbital floorCategory→S02.4Fracture of malar, maxillary and zygoma bonesCategory→S02.5Fracture of tooth (traumatic)Category→S02.6Fracture of mandibleCategory→S02.8Fractures of other specified skull and facial bonesCategory→S02.9Fracture of unspecified skull and facial bonesCategory→

Chapter Information

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Range: S00-T88

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Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for S02

Fracture of vault of skull

S02.0›

Fracture of base of skull

S02.1›

Fracture of nasal bones

S02.2›

Fracture of orbital floor

S02.3›

Fracture of malar, maxillary and zygoma bones

S02.4›

Fracture of tooth (traumatic)

S02.5›

Fracture of mandible

S02.6›

Fractures of other specified skull and facial bones

S02.8›

Fracture of unspecified skull and facial bones

S02.9›

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