ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S10-S19 › S10.1 Other and unspecified superficial... › S10.16
Insect bite (nonvenomous) 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:
- S10.16XA Insect bite (nonvenomous) of throat, initial encounter
- S10.16XD Insect bite (nonvenomous) of throat, subsequent encounter
- S10.16XS Insect bite (nonvenomous) 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 Insect bite (nonvenomous) 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.
- Bedbug bite
- Bite > flea
- Human > bite
- Bite > animal
- Bite > bedbug
- Bite > insect
- Bite > throat
- Insect > bite
- Bite > superficial
- Wound, open > bite
- Wound, open > nape
- Wound, open > throat
- Wound, open > thyroid
- Wound, open > trachea
- Wound, open > neck > bite
- Bite > snake > nonvenomous
- Bite > spider > nonvenomous
- Spider > bite > nonvenomous
- Wound, open > larynx > bite
- Injury > thumb > superficial
- Injury > finger > superficial
- Wound, open > vocal cord > bite
- Bite > neck > involving > larynx
- Bite > reptile NEC > nonvenomous
- Bite > neck > involving > pharynx
- Bite > neck > involving > trachea
- Injury > superficial NEC > larynx
- Human > bite > intact skin surface
- Injury > superficial NEC > pharynx
- Injury > superficial NEC > bite NEC
- Syndrome > acquired immunodeficiency
- Injury > superficial NEC > arm > bite
- Injury > superficial NEC > ear > bite
- Injury > superficial NEC > epiglottis
- Injury > superficial NEC > hip > bite
- Injury > superficial NEC > leg > bite
- Virus, viral > human immunodeficiency
- Injury > superficial NEC > hand > bite
- Injury > superficial NEC > insect bite
- Injury > superficial NEC > knee > bite
Showing 40 of 68 index phrases.
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 |
| S10.15 | Superficial foreign body of throat | Not billable |
| S10.17 | Other superficial bite of throat | Not billable |