S03.8Sprain of joints and ligaments of other parts of head

S03.8 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for sprain of joints and ligaments of other parts of head. It belongs to category S03 (dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of head), 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 S03, choose S03.8 (Sprain of joints and ligaments of other parts of head) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: dislocation of jaw (S03.0), dislocation of septal cartilage of nose (S03.1), dislocation of tooth (S03.2), sprain of jaw (S03.4) and sprain of joints and ligaments of unspecified parts of head (S03.9).

Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter, D for subsequent encounter and S for sequela. Use placeholder "X" characters to fill any empty positions before the 7th character.

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.