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S12

Fracture of cervical vertebra and other parts 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.

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

Submit one of these 9 more specific codes instead:

  • S12.0 Fracture of first cervical vertebra (also a header)
  • S12.1 Fracture of second cervical vertebra (also a header)
  • S12.2 Fracture of third cervical vertebra (also a header)
  • S12.3 Fracture of fourth cervical vertebra (also a header)
  • S12.4 Fracture of fifth cervical vertebra (also a header)
  • S12.5 Fracture of sixth cervical vertebra (also a header)
  • S12.6 Fracture of seventh cervical vertebra (also a header)
  • S12.8 Fracture of other parts of neck (also a header)
  • S12.9 Fracture of neck, unspecified (also a header)

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Fracture of cervical vertebra and other parts 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.

This code

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to all codes from subcategories S12.0-S12.6

Code first

  • any associated cervical spinal cord injury (S14.0, S14.1-)

Includes

  • fracture of cervical neural arch
  • fracture of cervical spine
  • fracture of cervical spinous process
  • fracture of cervical transverse process
  • fracture of cervical vertebral arch
  • fracture of neck

Note

  • A fracture not indicated as displaced or nondisplaced should be coded to displaced
  • A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed

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