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ICD-10-CM Codes
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S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
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S10-S19
Injuries to the neck
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S15-
Injury of blood vessels at neck level
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S15
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S15
Injury of blood vessels at neck level
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- S15 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S15 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S15 - other international versions of ICD-10 S15 may differ.
Code AlsoCode Also Help
A code also note instructs that 2 codes may be required to fully describe a condition but the sequencing of the two codes is discretionary, depending on the severity of the conditions and the reason for the encounter.
The following code(s) above
S15 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
S15:
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
Code annotations containing back-references to S15:
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S15
S14.8 Injury of other specified nerves of neck
S14.9 Injury of unspecified nerves of neck
S15
Injury of blood vessels at neck level
S15.0 Injury of carotid artery of neck
S15.00 Unspecified injury of carotid artery
S15.001 Unspecified injury of right carotid artery
S15.002 Unspecified injury of left carotid artery
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
