ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S10-S19 › S12.120 Other displaced dens fracture › S12.120S
Other displaced dens fracture, sequela
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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 Other displaced dens fracture, sequela
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 S12 Fracture of cervical vertebra and other parts of neck
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
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.
- Fracture, traumatic > axis
- Fracture, traumatic > cervical
- Fracture, traumatic > odontoid process
- Fracture, traumatic > vertebra, vertebral > axis
- Fracture, traumatic > vertebra, vertebral > cervical > axis
- Fracture, traumatic > vertebra, vertebral > cervical > second
- Fracture, traumatic > neck > cervical vertebra > second > dens > specified type NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S12.120A | Other displaced dens fracture, initial encounter for closed fracture | Valid |
| S12.120B | Other displaced dens fracture, initial encounter for open fracture | Valid |
| S12.120D | Other displaced dens fracture, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing | Valid |
| S12.120G | Other displaced dens fracture, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing | Valid |
| S12.120K | Other displaced dens fracture, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion | Valid |