Unspecified open wound of vocal cord, subsequent encounter

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Unspecified open wound of vocal cord, subsequent encounter

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 S11 Open wound of neck

Seventh character required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S11

Excludes2 - not included here

open fracture of vertebra (S12.- with 7th character B)

Code also

any associated:
spinal cord injury (S14.0, S14.1-)
wound infection

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.

Wound, open > vocal cord

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S11.039A	Unspecified open wound of vocal cord, initial encounter	Valid
S11.039S	Unspecified open wound of vocal cord, sequela	Valid