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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 S15.101S
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S15.101S
Unspecified injury of right vertebral artery, sequela
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code POA Exempt
- S15.101S is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S15.101S became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S15.101S - other international versions of ICD-10 S15.101S may differ.
The following code(s) above
S15.101S 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
S15.101S:
- S00-T88
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causesNote- Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
Use Additional- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
- S10-S19
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S10-S19
Injuries to the neckIncludes- injuries of nape
- injuries of supraclavicular region
- injuries of throat
Type 2 Excludes- 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)
- S15
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S15
Injury of blood vessels at neck level
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Code Also- any associated open wound (S11.-)
POA Help
"Present On Admission" is defined as present at the time the order for inpatient admission occurs — conditions that develop during an outpatient encounter, including emergency department, observation, or outpatient surgery, are considered POA.
- S15.101S is considered exempt from POA reporting.
ICD-10-CM S15.101S is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 299 Peripheral vascular disorders with mcc
- 300 Peripheral vascular disorders with cc
- 301 Peripheral vascular disorders without cc/mcc
Convert S15.101S to ICD-9-CM
Code History
- 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
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S15.101S
S15.099 Other specified injury of unspecified carotid artery
S15.1 Injury of vertebral artery
S15.10 Unspecified injury of vertebral artery
S15.101 Unspecified injury of right vertebral artery
S15.101S
…… sequela
S15.102 Unspecified injury of left vertebral artery
S15.109 Unspecified injury of unspecified vertebral artery
S15.11 Minor laceration of vertebral artery
S15.111 Minor laceration of right vertebral artery
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
