Central cord syndrome 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 9 more specific codes instead:

S14.121 Central cord syndrome at C1 level of cervical spinal cord (also a header)
S14.122 Central cord syndrome at C2 level of cervical spinal cord (also a header)
S14.123 Central cord syndrome at C3 level of cervical spinal cord (also a header)
S14.124 Central cord syndrome at C4 level of cervical spinal cord (also a header)
S14.125 Central cord syndrome at C5 level of cervical spinal cord (also a header)
S14.126 Central cord syndrome at C6 level of cervical spinal cord (also a header)
S14.127 Central cord syndrome at C7 level of cervical spinal cord (also a header)
S14.128 Central cord syndrome at C8 level of cervical spinal cord (also a header)
S14.129 Central cord syndrome at unspecified level of cervical spinal cord (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 Central cord syndrome 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

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S14.10	Unspecified injury of cervical spinal cord	Not billable
S14.11	Complete lesion of cervical spinal cord	Not billable
S14.13	Anterior cord syndrome of cervical spinal cord	Not billable
S14.14	Brown-Sequard syndrome of cervical spinal cord	Not billable
S14.15	Other incomplete lesions of cervical spinal cord	Not billable