Sprain of thyroid region

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 3 more specific codes instead:

S13.5XXA Sprain of thyroid region, initial encounter
S13.5XXD Sprain of thyroid region, subsequent encounter
S13.5XXS Sprain of thyroid region, 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 Sprain of thyroid region

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 S13 Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments at neck level

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

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.

Tenosynovitis
Injury > axilla
Sprain > scapula
Avulsion > ligament
Division > ligament
Detachment > ligament
Dislocation > partial
Disruption > ligament
Laceration > ligament
Tear, torn > ligament
Detachment > cartilage
Tear, torn > cartilage
Dislocation > incomplete
Hemarthrosis > traumatic
Injury > scapular region
Avulsion > joint > capsule
Injury > shoulder > sprain
Laceration > joint capsule
Laceration > capsule, joint
Tear, torn > capsule, joint
Disorder > tendon > synovitis
Rupture, ruptured > cartilage
Synovitis > traumatic, current
Disorder > joint > hemarthrosis
Disorder > synovium > synovitis
Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic > joint
Sprain > shoulder joint > blade
Dislocation > vertebra > partial
Subluxation > ligament, traumatic
Rupture, ruptured > traumatic > ligament
Rupture, ruptured > joint capsule, traumatic
Sprain > shoulder joint > coracoclavicular joint
Sprain > shoulder joint > coracohumeral ligament
Sprain > shoulder joint > acromioclavicular joint
Sprain > neck > thyroid region
Sprain > cricothyroid articulation
Sprain > cartilage > thyroid region
Sprain > thyroid cartilage or region
Sprain > neck > cricothyroid ligament
Sprain > neck > cricoarytenoid ligament

Showing 40 of 41 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S13.0	Traumatic rupture of cervical intervertebral disc	Not billable
S13.1	Subluxation and dislocation of cervical vertebrae	Not billable
S13.2	Dislocation of other and unspecified parts of neck	Not billable
S13.4	Sprain of ligaments of cervical spine	Not billable
S13.8	Sprain of joints and ligaments of other parts of neck	Not billable
S13.9	Sprain of joints and ligaments of unspecified parts of neck	Not billable