S04.12XA - Injury of oculomotor nerve, left side, initial encounter
ICD-10-CM Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes · S00-S09 Injuries to the head (S00-S09) · Subcategory of S04.12 · FY2027
7th character A: initial encounter
Coding Guidance
7th character A: initial encounter.
Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes
Sequence the underlying condition before this code.
- any associated intracranial injury (S06.-)
Report an additional code when both conditions apply.
- any associated:
- open wound of head (S01.-)
- skull fracture (S02.-)
Conditions this code covers.
- 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
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- 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)
Report an additional code when both conditions apply.
- for any associated infection
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- birth trauma (P10-P15)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.
- Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
- The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
Codes at the same level as S04.12XA