Not Valid for Submission
S00.512 is a "header" nonspecific and non-billable code code, consider using a code with a higher level of specificity for a diagnosis of abrasion of oral cavity. The code is NOT valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code S00.512 might also be used to specify conditions or terms like abrasion and/or friction burn of gum with infection, abrasion and/or friction burn of gum without infection, abrasion and/or friction burn of head and/or neck without infection, abrasion of buccal mucosa, abrasion of floor of mouth, abrasion of gum, etc
Consider the following ICD-10 codes with a higher level of specificity:
Index to Diseases and Injuries
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code S00.512 are found in the index:
- - Abrasion - T14.8
- - alveolar process - S00.512
- - cheek - S00.81
- - internal - S00.512
- - gum - S00.512
- - head - S00.91
- - oral cavity - S00.512
- - mouth - S00.512
- - oral cavity - S00.512
- - palate - S00.512
- - tongue - S00.512
- - uvula - S00.512
Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Abrasion and/or friction burn of gum with infection
- Abrasion and/or friction burn of gum without infection
- Abrasion and/or friction burn of head and/or neck without infection
- Abrasion of buccal mucosa
- Abrasion of floor of mouth
- Abrasion of gum
- Abrasion of hard palate
- Abrasion of mandibular attached gingiva
- Abrasion of mandibular vestibule
- Abrasion of maxillary attached gingiva
- Abrasion of maxillary vestibule
- Abrasion of oral alveolar mucosa
- Abrasion of oropharynx
- Abrasion of palate
- Abrasion of soft palate
- Abrasion of tongue
- Open wound of buccal mucosa
- Scratch of mouth
- Superficial injury of gum with infection
- Superficial injury of palate
Code Classification
Code History
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
(First year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA code set) - FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
- FY 2020 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2019 through 9/30/2020