Other specified injuries of neck

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 7 more specific codes instead:

S19.80 Other specified injuries of unspecified part of neck (also a header)
S19.81 Other specified injuries of larynx (also a header)
S19.82 Other specified injuries of cervical trachea (also a header)
S19.83 Other specified injuries of vocal cord (also a header)
S19.84 Other specified injuries of thyroid gland (also a header)
S19.85 Other specified injuries of pharynx and cervical esophagus (also a header)
S19.89 Other specified injuries of other specified part of neck (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 Other specified injuries of neck

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 S19 Other specified and unspecified injuries of neck

Seventh character required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S19

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
S19.9	Unspecified injury of neck	Not billable