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S14.0

Concussion and edema of cervical spinal cord

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:

  • S14.0XXA Concussion and edema of cervical spinal cord, initial encounter
  • S14.0XXD Concussion and edema of cervical spinal cord, subsequent encounter
  • S14.0XXS Concussion and edema of cervical spinal cord, 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.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Concussion and edema of cervical spinal cord

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 S14 Injury of nerves and spinal cord at neck level

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S14

Code also

  • any associated:
  • fracture of cervical vertebra (S12.0--S12.6.-)
  • open wound of neck (S11.-)
  • transient paralysis (R29.5)

Note

  • Code to highest level of cervical cord injury

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
S14.1 Other and unspecified injuries of cervical spinal cord Not billable
S14.2 Injury of nerve root of cervical spine Not billable
S14.3 Injury of brachial plexus Not billable
S14.4 Injury of peripheral nerves of neck Not billable
S14.5 Injury of cervical sympathetic nerves Not billable
S14.8 Injury of other specified nerves of neck Not billable
S14.9 Injury of unspecified nerves of neck Not billable