Valid for Submission
S02.109A is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of fracture of base of skull, unspecified side, initial encounter for closed fracture. The code is valid for the year 2020 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions. The ICD-10-CM code S02.109A might also be used to specify conditions or terms like cerebral laceration and contusion, closed fracture of base of skull, closed fracture of base of skull with cerebral laceration and/or contusion, closed fracture of base of skull with concussion, closed fracture of base of skull with intracranial hemorrhage, closed fracture of base of skull with intracranial injury, etc
ICD-10: | S02.109A |
Short Description: | Fracture of base of skull, unspecified side, init |
Long Description: | Fracture of base of skull, unspecified side, initial encounter for closed fracture |
Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Cerebral laceration and contusion
- Closed fracture of base of skull
- Closed fracture of base of skull with cerebral laceration AND/OR contusion
- Closed fracture of base of skull with concussion
- Closed fracture of base of skull with intracranial hemorrhage
- Closed fracture of base of skull with intracranial injury
- Closed fracture of base of skull with intracranial injury, with no loss of consciousness
- Closed fracture of base of skull with loss of consciousness
- Closed fracture of base of skull without intracranial injury
- Closed skull fracture with cerebral laceration AND/OR contusion
- Closed skull fracture with intracranial hemorrhage
- Closed skull fracture with intracranial injury
- Closed skull fracture without intracranial injury
- Fracture of base of skull
- Fracture of ethmoid sinus
- Open fracture of base of skull
- Open fracture of base of skull with cerebral laceration AND contusion
- Open fracture of base of skull with intracranial hemorrhage
- Open fracture of base of skull with intracranial injury
- Open fracture of base of skull with intracranial injury, with no loss of consciousness
- Open fracture of base of skull without intracranial injury
- Open skull fracture with intracranial injury
- Open skull fracture without intracranial injury
Replacement Code
S02109A replaces the following previously assigned ICD-10 code(s):
- S02.10XA - Unsp fracture of base of skull, init for clos fx
Convert S02.109A to ICD-9
- 801.00 - Clos skull base fracture (Approximate Flag)
Code Classification
Code History
- 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