S07.9Crushing injury of head, part unspecified

S07.9 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for crushing injury of head, part unspecified. It belongs to category S07 (crushing injury 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 S07, choose S07.9 (part unspecified) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: face (S07.0), skull (S07.1) and other parts of head (S07.8).

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.

Use an additional code for all associated injuries, such as: intracranial injuries (S06.-) and skull fractures (S02.-).

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