Fracture of skull and facial bones

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S02. Fracture of skull and facial bones

Note: For primary coding of fracture of skull and facial bones with associated intracranial injury, reference should be made to the morbidity or mortality coding rules and guidelines in Volume 2. The following subdivisions are provided for optional use in a supplementary character position where it is not possible or not desired to use multiple coding to identify fracture and open wound; a fracture not indicated as closed or open should be classified as closed. 0 closed 1 open S02.0 Fracture of vault of skull Frontal bone Parietal bone S02.1 Fracture of base of skull Fossa: . anterior . middle . posterior Occiput Orbital roof Sinus: . ethmoid . frontal Sphenoid Temporal bone Excludes: orbit NOS (S02.8) orbital floor (S02.3) S02.2 Fracture of nasal bones S02.3 Fracture of orbital floor Excludes: orbit NOS (S02.8) orbital roof (S02.1) S02.4 Fracture of malar and maxillary bones Superior maxilla Upper jaw (bone) Zygoma S02.5 Fracture of tooth Broken tooth S02.6 Fracture of mandible Lower jaw (bone) S02.7 Multiple fractures involving skull and facial bones S02.8 Fractures of other skull and facial bones Alveolus Orbit NOS Palate Excludes: orbital: . floor (S02.3) . roof (S02.1) S02.9 Fracture of skull and facial bones, part unspecified

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