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S02.839B ICD-10-CM Code: Fracture of medial orbital wall, unspecified side, initial encounter for open fracture

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FY 2026 Apr update / Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) / Injuries to the head (S00-S09)

S02.839B

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Fracture of medial orbital wall, unspecified side, initial encounter for open fracture

Fracture of medial orbital wall, unspecified side, initial encounter for open fracture

CMS-HCC V28

HCC 399

RAF 0.0

CMS-HCC V24

HCC 167

RAF 0.0

ACA/HHS

0

0

RAF 0

ESRD/PACE

HCC 167

RAF 0.0

RXHCC

0

0

RAF 0

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Code Book Path

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S02.83Fracture of medial orbital wall
S02.839Fracture of medial orbital wall, unspecified side
S02.839BFracture of medial orbital wall, unspecified side, initial encounter for open fracture

Inclusion Terms

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ICD-10-CM does not list inclusion terms for S02.839B in this effective period.

Excludes 2

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ICD-10-CM does not list Excludes 2 notes for S02.839B in this effective period.

Related Child Codes

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S02.839AFracture of medial orbital wall, unspecified side, initial encounter for closed fracture
S02.839DFracture of medial orbital wall, unspecified side, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
S02.839GFracture of medial orbital wall, unspecified side, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
S02.839KFracture of medial orbital wall, unspecified side, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
S02.839SFracture of medial orbital wall, unspecified side, sequela

Includes

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ICD-10-CM does not list Includes notes for S02.839B in this effective period.

Excludes 1

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ICD-10-CM does not list Excludes 1 notes for S02.839B in this effective period.

Code First

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ICD-10-CM does not list Code First sequencing instructions for S02.839B in this effective period.

Use Additional

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ICD-10-CM does not list Use Additional Code instructions for S02.839B in this effective period.

Code Also

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ICD-10-CM does not list Code Also instructions for S02.839B in this effective period.

Last updated: FY2026 ICD-10-CM Apr update, Apr 1, 2026 through Sep 30, 2026. CMS-HCC V28 is 100% phased in for payment year 2026.

Is S02.839B an HCC code?

Yes. S02.839B maps to Head Injury, Skull and Face Fractures under the CMS-HCC V28 risk adjustment model (and Major Head Injury under V24).

HCC Category Mapping

V28HCC 399, Head Injury, Skull and Face Fractures
0.000
V24HCC 167, Major Head Injury
0.000
ESRDHCC 167, Major Head Injury
0.000

RAF weights shown are the community, non-dual, aged base weights from the CMS risk adjustment model file. Actual per-patient RAF contribution depends on member segment, interactions, and the model year used by the payer. V28 is the CMS-HCC model phased in over payment years 2024–2026; V24 remains in use during the transition and for historical data.

MEAT Criteria for S02.839B

For S02.839Bto count as a valid HCC diagnosis in a given encounter, the provider's documentation must show MEAT: Monitor, Evaluate, Assess, or Treat. A diagnosis from a prior year does not carry forward automatically, it has to be re-documented and supported each calendar year.

  • MMonitor: signs, symptoms, disease progression, or lab trending documented in the note
  • EEvaluate: test results, medication response, or physical findings reviewed by the provider
  • AAssess: explicit mention in the assessment or plan with acknowledgment of status
  • TTreat: medication, referral, procedure, therapy, or counseling tied to the diagnosis

Only one of M/E/A/T is required to support the code, but the documentation must be specific enough to show that the provider actually addressed S02.839B during that encounter, not just copy-forwarded from a problem list.

What This Code Means

S02.839B is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for fracture of medial orbital wall, unspecified side, initial encounter for open fracture. S02.839B sits in the ICD-10-CM chapter for injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (s00-t88), within the section covering injuries to the head (s00-s09).

Under the CMS-HCC V28 risk adjustment model, S02.839B maps to Head Injury, Skull and Face Fractures (HCC 399) with a community, non-dual, aged base RAF weight of 0.000. Under the older CMS-HCC V24 model, S02.839B maps to Major Head Injury (HCC 167) with a community, non-dual, aged base RAF weight of 0.000. V28 is the CMS-HCC risk adjustment model that reached 100% phase-in for payment year 2026, replacing V24 which was used during the PY2024–PY2025 transition.

Coders should report S02.839B only when the provider documentation supports the specific condition described, since more specific codes within the same hierarchy can capture additional clinical detail and may carry a higher RAF weight. Because S02.839B maps to a payment HCC, the provider's documentation must satisfy MEAT criteria (Monitor, Evaluate, Assess, or Treat) for the encounter to count toward the patient's Medicare Advantage risk adjustment score. When documentation is ambiguous, coders should issue a provider query rather than assume the highest-specificity variant.

HCC Buddy maintains structured V28 and V24 mapping, RAF weights, and MEAT documentation criteria for S02.839B sourced directly from the CMS-HCC risk adjustment model files and the CMS ICD-10-CM code set.

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