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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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S09-
Other and unspecified injuries of head
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S09.31
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S09.31
Primary blast injury of ear
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- S09.31 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S09.31 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S09.31 - other international versions of ICD-10 S09.31 may differ.
The following code(s) above
S09.31 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
S09.31:
- 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.-)
- 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)
- S09.3
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S09.3
Other specified and unspecified injury of middle and inner ear
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- 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
Code annotations containing back-references to S09.31:
- Injury T14.90 - see also specified injury type
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T14.90
Injury, unspecified
2016 2017 2018 - Converted to Parent Code 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- blast (air) (hydraulic) (immersion) (underwater) T14.8
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T14.8
Other injury of unspecified body region
2016 2017 2018 - Converted to Parent Code 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- Abrasion NOS
- Contusion NOS
- Crush injury NOS
- Fracture NOS
- Skin injury NOS
- Vascular injury NOS
- Wound NOS
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S09.31
S09.302 Unspecified injury of left middle and inner ear
S09.309 Unspecified injury of unspecified middle and inner ear
S09.31
Primary blast injury of ear
S09.311 Primary blast injury of right ear
S09.312 Primary blast injury of left ear
S09.313 Primary blast injury of ear, bilateral
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
