ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S10-S19 › S11.9 Open wound of unspecified part of neck › S11.95
Open bite of unspecified part of neck
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:
- S11.95XA Open bite of unspecified part of neck, initial encounter
- S11.95XD Open bite of unspecified part of neck, subsequent encounter
- S11.95XS Open bite of unspecified part of neck, 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 Open bite of unspecified part of neck
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.
- Bedbug bite
- Bite > flea
- Human > bite
- Bite > animal
- Bite > bedbug
- Bite > insect
- 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
- Injury > thumb > superficial
- Injury > finger > superficial
- Wound, open > vocal cord > bite
- Bite > reptile NEC > nonvenomous
- Human > bite > intact skin surface
- Injury > superficial NEC > bite NEC
- Syndrome > acquired immunodeficiency
- Injury > superficial NEC > arm > bite
- Injury > superficial NEC > ear > bite
- 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
- Syndrome > immunodeficiency > acquired
- Injury > superficial NEC > digit > hand
- Injury > superficial NEC > elbow > bite
- Injury > superficial NEC > thigh > bite
- Injury > superficial NEC > thumb > bite
- Injury > superficial NEC > breast > bite
- Injury > superficial NEC > eyelid > bite
- Injury > superficial NEC > finger > bite
Showing 40 of 49 index phrases.
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S11.90 | Unspecified open wound of unspecified part of neck | Not billable |
| S11.91 | Laceration without foreign body of unspecified part of neck | Not billable |
| S11.92 | Laceration with foreign body of unspecified part of neck | Not billable |
| S11.93 | Puncture wound without foreign body of unspecified part of neck | Not billable |
| S11.94 | Puncture wound with foreign body of unspecified part of neck | Not billable |