ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S10-S19 › S12.4 Fracture of fifth cervical vertebra › S12.44
Type III traumatic spondylolisthesis of fifth cervical vertebra
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 6 more specific codes instead:
- S12.44XA Type III traumatic spondylolisthesis of fifth cervical vertebra, initial encounter for closed fracture
- S12.44XB Type III traumatic spondylolisthesis of fifth cervical vertebra, initial encounter for open fracture
- S12.44XD Type III traumatic spondylolisthesis of fifth cervical vertebra, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- S12.44XG Type III traumatic spondylolisthesis of fifth cervical vertebra, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- S12.44XK Type III traumatic spondylolisthesis of fifth cervical vertebra, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- S12.44XS Type III traumatic spondylolisthesis of fifth cervical vertebra, 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 Type III traumatic spondylolisthesis of fifth cervical vertebra
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.
- Slipped, slipping > vertebra NEC
- Spondylolisthesis > traumatic > acute > fifth cervical > type III
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S12.40 | Unspecified fracture of fifth cervical vertebra | Not billable |
| S12.43 | Unspecified traumatic spondylolisthesis of fifth cervical vertebra | Not billable |
| S12.45 | Other traumatic spondylolisthesis of fifth cervical vertebra | Not billable |
| S12.49 | Other fracture of fifth cervical vertebra | Not billable |