ICD-10-CM Code S00.4
Superficial injury of ear
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code S00.4 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the eight child codes of S00.4 that describes the diagnosis 'superficial injury of ear' in more detail.
- S00.4 Superficial injury of ear NON-BILLABLE
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- S00.401 Unspecified superficial injury of right ear NON-BILLABLE
- S00.402 Unspecified superficial injury of left ear NON-BILLABLE
- S00.409 Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified ear NON-BILLABLE
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- S00.411 Abrasion of right ear NON-BILLABLE
- S00.412 Abrasion of left ear NON-BILLABLE
- S00.419 Abrasion of unspecified ear NON-BILLABLE
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- S00.421 Blister (nonthermal) of right ear NON-BILLABLE
- S00.422 Blister (nonthermal) of left ear NON-BILLABLE
- S00.429 Blister (nonthermal) of unspecified ear NON-BILLABLE
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- S00.431 Contusion of right ear NON-BILLABLE
- S00.432 Contusion of left ear NON-BILLABLE
- S00.439 Contusion of unspecified ear NON-BILLABLE
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- S00.441 External constriction of right ear NON-BILLABLE
- S00.442 External constriction of left ear NON-BILLABLE
- S00.449 External constriction of unspecified ear NON-BILLABLE
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- S00.451 Superficial foreign body of right ear NON-BILLABLE
- S00.452 Superficial foreign body of left ear NON-BILLABLE
- S00.459 Superficial foreign body of unspecified ear NON-BILLABLE
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- S00.461 Insect bite (nonvenomous) of right ear NON-BILLABLE
- S00.462 Insect bite (nonvenomous) of left ear NON-BILLABLE
- S00.469 Insect bite (nonvenomous) of unspecified ear NON-BILLABLE
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- S00.471 Other superficial bite of right ear NON-BILLABLE
- S00.472 Other superficial bite of left ear NON-BILLABLE
- S00.479 Other superficial bite of unspecified ear NON-BILLABLE
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The ICD code S00 is used to code Bruise
A bruise, or contusion, is a type of hematoma of tissue in which capillaries and sometimes venules are damaged by trauma, allowing blood to seep, hemorrhage, or extravasate into the surrounding interstitial tissues. Bruises, which do not blanch under pressure, can involve capillaries at the level of skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscle, or bone. Bruises are not to be confused with other similar-looking lesions primarily distinguished by their by their diameter or causation. These lesions include petechia (< 3 mm result from numerous and diverse etiologies such as adverse reactions from medications such as warfarin, straining, asphyxiation, platelet disorders and diseases such as cytomegalovirus), purpura (3 mm to 1 cm, classified as palpable purpura or non-palpable purpura and indicates various pathologic conditions such as thrombocytopenia), and ecchymosis (>1 cm caused blood dissecting through tissue planes and settled in an area remote from the site of trauma or pathology such as periorbital ecchymosis, i.e.,"raccoon eyes" , arising from a basilar skull fracture or from a neuroblastoma).
Specialty: | Emergency Medicine |
MeSH Codes: | D003288, D003288, D003288, D003288, D003288 |
ICD 9 Codes: | 920, 921, 922, 923, 924 |
Bruise on upper leg caused by a blunt object
Related Concepts SNOMET-CT
- Nonvenomous insect bite of ear with infection (disorder)
- Abrasion of ear region (disorder)
- Nonvenomous insect bite of ear without infection (disorder)
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Possible requirement for an external cause code
Parent Code: S00 - Superficial injury of head