Injuries to the head (S00-S09)
S00: Superficial injury of head

excludes1
diffuse cerebral contusion (S06.2-)
focal cerebral contusion (S06.3-)
injury of eye and orbit (S05.-)
open wound of head (S01.-)

sevenChrNote
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S00

sevenChrDef
A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela
S00.0: Superficial injury of scalp
S00.1: Contusion of eyelid and periocular area
S00.2: Other and unspecified superficial injuries of eyelid and periocular area
S00.3: Superficial injury of nose
S00.4: Superficial injury of ear
S00.5: Superficial injury of lip and oral cavity
S00.8: Superficial injury of other parts of head
S00.9: Superficial injury of unspecified part of head

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