ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S10-S19 › S15 Injury of blood vessels at neck level › S15.8
Injury of other specified blood vessels 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.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- S15.8XXA Injury of other specified blood vessels at neck level, initial encounter
- S15.8XXD Injury of other specified blood vessels at neck level, subsequent encounter
- S15.8XXS Injury of other specified blood vessels at neck level, 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 Injury of other specified blood vessels 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.
Inherited from S15 Injury of blood vessels at neck level
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S15
Code also
- any associated open wound (S11.-)
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.
- Injury > chest
- Injury > hip > blood vessel
- Injury > interscapular area
- Injury > leg > blood vessel
- Injury > thigh > blood vessel
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > thigh
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > leg > thigh
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > precerebral
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > limb > lower
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > neck > specified site NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S15.0 | Injury of carotid artery of neck | Not billable |
| S15.1 | Injury of vertebral artery | Not billable |
| S15.2 | Injury of external jugular vein | Not billable |
| S15.3 | Injury of internal jugular vein | Not billable |
| S15.9 | Injury of unspecified blood vessel at neck level | Not billable |