Concussion and edema of cervical spinal cord, initial encounter

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Concussion and edema of cervical spinal cord, initial encounter

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.

Tetraplegia
Quadriparesis
Injury > blast NEC > brain
Concussion > blast > abdomen or thorax
Quadriplegia > traumatic -- code to injury with seventh character S > current episode
Concussion > spinal > cervical
Injury > spinal > cervical > edema
Injury > spinal > cervical > concussion

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S14.0XXD	Concussion and edema of cervical spinal cord, subsequent encounter	Valid
S14.0XXS	Concussion and edema of cervical spinal cord, sequela	Valid