S09.1
Header — not billableInjury of muscle and tendon of head
The ICD-10 code for injury of muscle and tendon of head is S09.1.
S09.1 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 4 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Code also
Two codes may be needed to fully describe a condition, but unlike Code First/Use Additional Code, the sequencing order is not mandated by convention.
- any associated open wound (S01.-)
Excludes2 (not included here)
An Excludes2 note means the excluded condition is not part of this one, but a patient can have both at the same time — in that case both codes may be reported together.
- sprain to joints and ligament of head (S03.9)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- S09.0Injury of blood vessels of head, not elsewhere classified
- S09.2Traumatic rupture of ear drumnon-billable header
- S09.3Other specified and unspecified injury of middle and inner earnon-billable header
- S09.8Other specified injuries of head
- S09.9Unspecified injury of face and headnon-billable header
- S09.1Injury of muscle and tendon of headnon-billable header