ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S10-S19 › S16.8 Other specified injury of muscle,... › S16.8XXS
Other specified injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at neck level, sequela
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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 Other injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at neck level, sequela
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FY2011
Draft description revised draft
Other injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at neck level, sequelaOther specified injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at neck level, sequela
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 S16 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at neck level
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S16
Excludes2 - not included here
- sprain of joint or ligament at neck level (S13.9)
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.
- Cut > muscle
- Injury > fascia
- Injury > tendon
- Strain > muscle
- Strain > tendon
- Avulsion > muscle
- Avulsion > tendon
- Division > muscle
- Laceration > muscle
- Laceration > tendon
- Tear, torn > muscle
- Tear, torn > tendon
- Injury > leg > muscle
- Rupture, ruptured > muscle
- Rupture, ruptured > tendon
- Injury > muscle > extensor > finger
- Injury > muscle > intrinsic > finger
- Rupture, ruptured > muscle > traumatic
- Injury > muscle > leg > posterior muscle group
- Rupture, ruptured > traumatic > muscle or tendon
- Injury > muscle > neck > specified type NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S16.8XXA | Other specified injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at neck level, initial encounter | Valid |
| S16.8XXD | Other specified injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at neck level, subsequent encounter | Valid |