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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 S15.121D
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S15.121D
Major laceration of right vertebral artery, subsequent encounter
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code POA Exempt
- S15.121D is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- Short description: Major laceration of right vertebral artery, subs encntr
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S15.121D became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S15.121D - other international versions of ICD-10 S15.121D may differ.
The following code(s) above
S15.121D 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
S15.121D:
- 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.-)
- S15.12
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S15.12
Major laceration of vertebral artery
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- Complete transection of vertebral artery
- Traumatic rupture of vertebral artery
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.
- S15.121D is considered exempt from POA reporting.
ICD-10-CM S15.121D is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 949 Aftercare with cc/mcc
- 950 Aftercare without cc/mcc
Convert S15.121D 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 S15.121D
S15.119 Minor laceration of unspecified vertebral artery
S15.12 Major laceration of vertebral artery
S15.121 Major laceration of right vertebral artery
S15.121D
…… subsequent encounter
S15.122 Major laceration of left vertebral artery
S15.129 Major laceration of unspecified vertebral artery
S15.19 Other specified injury of vertebral artery
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
