S02.84Fracture of lateral orbital wall

S02.84 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for fracture of lateral orbital wall. It belongs to category S02 (fracture of skull and facial bones), block S00-S09 (injuries to the head) and chapter 19 (injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within S02.8 (fractures of other specified skull and facial bones), S02.84 is specifically for fracture of lateral orbital wall. Related codes cover other specified skull and facial bones, unspecified side (S02.80), other specified skull and facial bones, right side (S02.81), other specified skull and facial bones, left side (S02.82), medial orbital wall (S02.83) and orbit, unspecified (S02.85).

Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter for closed fracture, B for initial encounter for open fracture, D for subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing, G for subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing, K for subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion and S for sequela. Use placeholder "X" characters to fill any empty positions before the 7th character.

The conditions in its Excludes2 note aren't part of S02.84, but may be coded alongside it if the patient has both: orbital floor (S02.3-) and orbital roof (S02.12-).

It was added in FY2020, effective October 1, 2019.