Kodex

Section

S10.17

Other superficial bite of throat

Hierarchy

S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- S10-S19 Injuries to the neck (S10-S19)
  - S10 Superficial injury of neck
    - S10.1 Other and unspecified superficial injuries of throat
      - S10.17 Other superficial bite of throat
        
        S10.17XA initial encounter
        
        S10.17XD subsequent encounter
        
        S10.17XS sequela

Notes

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
The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Use Additional

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
- Z18 Retained foreign body fragments

Includes

injuries of nape
injuries of supraclavicular region
injuries of throat

Excludes 1

S10.17

open bite of throat (S11.85)
- S11.85 Open bite of other specified part of neck

P10-P15 Birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Excludes 2

T20-T32 Burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
effects of foreign body in esophagus (T18.1)
- T18.1 Foreign body in esophagus
effects of foreign body in larynx (T17.3)
- T17.3 Foreign body in larynx
effects of foreign body in pharynx (T17.2)
- T17.2 Foreign body in pharynx
effects of foreign body in trachea (T17.4)
- T17.4 Foreign body in trachea
T33-T34 Frostbite (T33-T34)
insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
- T63.4 Toxic effect of venom of other arthropods