ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S10-S19 › S10 Superficial injury of neck › S10.0
Contusion of throat
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- S10.0XXA Contusion of throat, initial encounter
- S10.0XXD Contusion of throat, subsequent encounter
- S10.0XXS Contusion of throat, sequela
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2014 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Contusion of throat
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from S10 Superficial injury of neck
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S10
Inherited from the S10-S19 section Injuries to the neck (S10-S19)
Excludes2 - not included here
- burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
- effects of foreign body in esophagus (T18.1)
- effects of foreign body in larynx (T17.3)
- effects of foreign body in pharynx (T17.2)
- effects of foreign body in trachea (T17.4)
- frostbite (T33-T34)
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
Includes
- injuries of nape
- injuries of supraclavicular region
- injuries of throat
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Injury > superficial NEC > larynx
- Injury > superficial NEC > pharynx
- Injury > superficial NEC > epiglottis
- Injury > superficial NEC > vocal cords
- Injury > superficial NEC > esophagus > cervical
- Contusion > larynx
- Contusion > throat
- Contusion > pharynx
- Contusion > trachea
- Contusion > epiglottis
- Contusion > vocal cord
- Contusion > neck > throat
- Contusion > esophagus > cervical
- Injury > superficial NEC > throat > contusion
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S10.1 | Other and unspecified superficial injuries of throat | Not billable |
| S10.8 | Superficial injury of other specified parts of neck | Not billable |
| S10.9 | Superficial injury of unspecified part of neck | Not billable |