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ICD-10-CM Codes
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S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
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S00-S09
Injuries to the head
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S08-
Avulsion and traumatic amputation of part of head
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S08.121A
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S08.121A
Partial traumatic amputation of right ear, initial encounter
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- S08.121A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S08.121A became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S08.121A - other international versions of ICD-10 S08.121A may differ.
The following code(s) above
S08.121A contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
S08.121A:
- S00-T88
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causesNote- Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
Use Additional- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes - S00-S09
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S00-S09
Injuries to the headCode Also- for any associated infection
Includes- injuries of ear
- injuries of eye
- injuries of face [any part]
- injuries of gum
- injuries of jaw
- injuries of oral cavity
- injuries of palate
- injuries of periocular area
- injuries of scalp
- injuries of temporomandibular joint area
- injuries of tongue
- injuries of tooth
Type 2 Excludes- burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
- effects of foreign body in ear (T16)
- effects of foreign body in larynx (T17.3)
- effects of foreign body in mouth NOS (T18.0)
- effects of foreign body in nose (T17.0-T17.1)
- effects of foreign body in pharynx (T17.2)
- effects of foreign body on external eye (T15.-)
- frostbite (T33-T34)
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
Injuries to the head - S08
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S08
Avulsion and traumatic amputation of part of head
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- An amputation not identified as partial or complete should be coded to complete
Avulsion and traumatic amputation of part of head
Approximate Synonyms
- Partial traumatic right ear amputation
- Traumatic partial amputation of right ear
ICD-10-CM S08.121A is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 154 Other ear, nose, mouth and throat diagnoses with mcc
- 155 Other ear, nose, mouth and throat diagnoses with cc
- 156 Other ear, nose, mouth and throat diagnoses without cc/mcc
- 963 Other multiple significant trauma with mcc
- 964 Other multiple significant trauma with cc
- 965 Other multiple significant trauma without cc/mcc
Convert S08.121A to ICD-9-CM
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S08.121A
S08.112 Complete traumatic amputation of left ear
S08.119 Complete traumatic amputation of unspecified ear
S08.12 Partial traumatic amputation of ear
S08.121 Partial traumatic amputation of right ear
S08.121A
…… initial encounter
S08.122 Partial traumatic amputation of left ear
S08.129 Partial traumatic amputation of unspecified ear
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.