S01 Open wound of head

Category / Non-billable header 122 subcodes

Block: Injuries to the head (S00-S09)

Excludes 1 (cannot be coded together)

  • open skull fracture (S02.- with 7th character B)

Excludes 2 (not included here)

  • injury of eye and orbit (S05.-)
  • traumatic amputation of part of head (S08.-)

Code Also

  • any associated:
  • injury of cranial nerve (S04.-)
  • injury of muscle and tendon of head (S09.1-)
  • intracranial injury (S06.-)
  • wound infection

Subcodes

Subcodes are listed below for reference. Detail pages are not available for chapters 11–22.

Code Description Billable
S01..0 Open wound of scalp No
S01..00 Unspecified open wound of scalp No
S01..01 Laceration without foreign body of scalp No
S01..02 Laceration with foreign body of scalp No
S01..03 Puncture wound without foreign body of scalp No
S01..04 Puncture wound with foreign body of scalp No
S01..05 Open bite of scalp No
S01..1 Open wound of eyelid and periocular area No
S01..10 Unspecified open wound of eyelid and periocular area No
S01..101 Unspecified open wound of right eyelid and periocular area No
S01..102 Unspecified open wound of left eyelid and periocular area No
S01..109 Unspecified open wound of unspecified eyelid and periocular area No
S01..11 Laceration without foreign body of eyelid and periocular area No
S01..111 Laceration without foreign body of right eyelid and periocular area No
S01..112 Laceration without foreign body of left eyelid and periocular area No
S01..119 Laceration without foreign body of unspecified eyelid and periocular area No
S01..12 Laceration with foreign body of eyelid and periocular area No
S01..121 Laceration with foreign body of right eyelid and periocular area No
S01..122 Laceration with foreign body of left eyelid and periocular area No
S01..129 Laceration with foreign body of unspecified eyelid and periocular area No
S01..13 Puncture wound without foreign body of eyelid and periocular area No
S01..131 Puncture wound without foreign body of right eyelid and periocular area No
S01..132 Puncture wound without foreign body of left eyelid and periocular area No
S01..139 Puncture wound without foreign body of unspecified eyelid and periocular area No
S01..14 Puncture wound with foreign body of eyelid and periocular area No
S01..141 Puncture wound with foreign body of right eyelid and periocular area No
S01..142 Puncture wound with foreign body of left eyelid and periocular area No
S01..149 Puncture wound with foreign body of unspecified eyelid and periocular area No
S01..15 Open bite of eyelid and periocular area No
S01..151 Open bite of right eyelid and periocular area No
S01..152 Open bite of left eyelid and periocular area No
S01..159 Open bite of unspecified eyelid and periocular area No
S01..2 Open wound of nose No
S01..20 Unspecified open wound of nose No
S01..21 Laceration without foreign body of nose No
S01..22 Laceration with foreign body of nose No
S01..23 Puncture wound without foreign body of nose No
S01..24 Puncture wound with foreign body of nose No
S01..25 Open bite of nose No
S01..3 Open wound of ear No
S01..30 Unspecified open wound of ear No
S01..301 Unspecified open wound of right ear No
S01..302 Unspecified open wound of left ear No
S01..309 Unspecified open wound of unspecified ear No
S01..31 Laceration without foreign body of ear No
S01..311 Laceration without foreign body of right ear No
S01..312 Laceration without foreign body of left ear No
S01..319 Laceration without foreign body of unspecified ear No
S01..32 Laceration with foreign body of ear No
S01..321 Laceration with foreign body of right ear No
S01..322 Laceration with foreign body of left ear No
S01..329 Laceration with foreign body of unspecified ear No
S01..33 Puncture wound without foreign body of ear No
S01..331 Puncture wound without foreign body of right ear No
S01..332 Puncture wound without foreign body of left ear No
S01..339 Puncture wound without foreign body of unspecified ear No
S01..34 Puncture wound with foreign body of ear No
S01..341 Puncture wound with foreign body of right ear No
S01..342 Puncture wound with foreign body of left ear No
S01..349 Puncture wound with foreign body of unspecified ear No
S01..35 Open bite of ear No
S01..351 Open bite of right ear No
S01..352 Open bite of left ear No
S01..359 Open bite of unspecified ear No
S01..4 Open wound of cheek and temporomandibular area No
S01..40 Unspecified open wound of cheek and temporomandibular area No
S01..401 Unspecified open wound of right cheek and temporomandibular area No
S01..402 Unspecified open wound of left cheek and temporomandibular area No
S01..409 Unspecified open wound of unspecified cheek and temporomandibular area No
S01..41 Laceration without foreign body of cheek and temporomandibular area No
S01..411 Laceration without foreign body of right cheek and temporomandibular area No
S01..412 Laceration without foreign body of left cheek and temporomandibular area No
S01..419 Laceration without foreign body of unspecified cheek and temporomandibular area No
S01..42 Laceration with foreign body of cheek and temporomandibular area No
S01..421 Laceration with foreign body of right cheek and temporomandibular area No
S01..422 Laceration with foreign body of left cheek and temporomandibular area No
S01..429 Laceration with foreign body of unspecified cheek and temporomandibular area No
S01..43 Puncture wound without foreign body of cheek and temporomandibular area No
S01..431 Puncture wound without foreign body of right cheek and temporomandibular area No
S01..432 Puncture wound without foreign body of left cheek and temporomandibular area No
S01..439 Puncture wound without foreign body of unspecified cheek and temporomandibular area No
S01..44 Puncture wound with foreign body of cheek and temporomandibular area No
S01..441 Puncture wound with foreign body of right cheek and temporomandibular area No
S01..442 Puncture wound with foreign body of left cheek and temporomandibular area No
S01..449 Puncture wound with foreign body of unspecified cheek and temporomandibular area No
S01..45 Open bite of cheek and temporomandibular area No
S01..451 Open bite of right cheek and temporomandibular area No
S01..452 Open bite of left cheek and temporomandibular area No
S01..459 Open bite of unspecified cheek and temporomandibular area No
S01..5 Open wound of lip and oral cavity No
S01..50 Unspecified open wound of lip and oral cavity No
S01..501 Unspecified open wound of lip No
S01..502 Unspecified open wound of oral cavity No
S01..51 Laceration of lip and oral cavity without foreign body No
S01..511 Laceration without foreign body of lip No
S01..512 Laceration without foreign body of oral cavity No
S01..52 Laceration of lip and oral cavity with foreign body No
S01..521 Laceration with foreign body of lip No
S01..522 Laceration with foreign body of oral cavity No
S01..53 Puncture wound of lip and oral cavity without foreign body No
S01..531 Puncture wound without foreign body of lip No
S01..532 Puncture wound without foreign body of oral cavity No
S01..54 Puncture wound of lip and oral cavity with foreign body No
S01..541 Puncture wound with foreign body of lip No
S01..542 Puncture wound with foreign body of oral cavity No
S01..55 Open bite of lip and oral cavity No
S01..551 Open bite of lip No
S01..552 Open bite of oral cavity No
S01..8 Open wound of other parts of head No
S01..80 Unspecified open wound of other part of head No
S01..81 Laceration without foreign body of other part of head No
S01..82 Laceration with foreign body of other part of head No
S01..83 Puncture wound without foreign body of other part of head No
S01..84 Puncture wound with foreign body of other part of head No
S01..85 Open bite of other part of head No
S01..9 Open wound of unspecified part of head No
S01..90 Unspecified open wound of unspecified part of head No
S01..91 Laceration without foreign body of unspecified part of head No
S01..92 Laceration with foreign body of unspecified part of head No
S01..93 Puncture wound without foreign body of unspecified part of head No
S01..94 Puncture wound with foreign body of unspecified part of head No
S01..95 Open bite of unspecified part of head No

Last reviewed: September 2026