Superficial foreign body 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.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

S10.15XA Superficial foreign body of throat, initial encounter
S10.15XD Superficial foreign body of throat, subsequent encounter
S10.15XS Superficial foreign body 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 Superficial foreign body 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.

Emesis
Retching
Splinter
Granuloma > talc
Regurgitation > food
Foreign body > granuloma
Reaction > foreign > body NEC
Foreign body > lacrimal punctum
Aspiration > syndrome of newborn
Regurgitation > gastric contents
Injury > superficial NEC > larynx
Myositis > foreign body granuloma
Pneumonia > neonatal > aspiration
Syndrome > aspiration, of newborn
Injury > superficial NEC > pharynx
Asphyxia, asphyxiation > inhalation
Injury > superficial NEC > epiglottis
Injury > superficial NEC > vocal cords
Injury > superficial NEC > foreign body
Injury > superficial NEC > esophagus > cervical
Foreign body > entering through orifice > eyeball
Foreign body > entering through orifice > lacrimal apparatus
Foreign body > entering through orifice > tear ducts or glands
Injury > superficial NEC > throat > foreign body
Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > larynx
Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > throat
Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > pharynx
Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > trachea
Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > epiglottis
Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > vocal cords
Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > neck > throat
Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > esophagus, cervical

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S10.10	Unspecified superficial injuries of throat	Not billable
S10.11	Abrasion of throat	Not billable
S10.12	Blister (nonthermal) of throat	Not billable
S10.14	External constriction of part of throat	Not billable
S10.16	Insect bite (nonvenomous) of throat	Not billable
S10.17	Other superficial bite of throat	Not billable