Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments at neck level

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 7 more specific codes instead:

S13.0 Traumatic rupture of cervical intervertebral disc (also a header)
S13.1 Subluxation and dislocation of cervical vertebrae (also a header)
S13.2 Dislocation of other and unspecified parts of neck (also a header)
S13.4 Sprain of ligaments of cervical spine (also a header)
S13.5 Sprain of thyroid region (also a header)
S13.8 Sprain of joints and ligaments of other parts of neck (also a header)
S13.9 Sprain of joints and ligaments of unspecified parts of neck (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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments at neck level

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 each code from category S13

Excludes2 - not included here

strain of muscle or tendon at neck level (S16.1)

Code also

any associated open wound

Includes

avulsion of joint or ligament at neck level
laceration of cartilage, joint or ligament at neck level
sprain of cartilage, joint or ligament at neck level
traumatic hemarthrosis of joint or ligament at neck level
traumatic rupture of joint or ligament at neck level
traumatic subluxation of joint or ligament at neck level
traumatic tear of joint or ligament at neck level

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