kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Code

S15.021A

initial encounter

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Hierarchy

  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • S10-S19 Injuries to the neck (S10-S19)
      • S15 Injury of blood vessels at neck level
        • S15.0 Injury of carotid artery of neck
          • S15.02 Major laceration of carotid artery
            • S15.021 Major laceration of right carotid artery

Long Title

S15.021A

  • Major laceration of right carotid artery initial encounter

Notes

S00-T88

  • 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.

Inclusion Terms

S15.02

  • Complete transection of carotid artery
  • Traumatic rupture of carotid artery

S15.0

  • Injury of carotid artery (common) (external) (internal, extracranial portion)
  • Injury of carotid artery NOS

Code Also

S15

  • any associated open wound (S11.-)
    • S11 Open wound of neck

Use Additional

S00-T88

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

Includes

S10-S19

  • injuries of nape
  • injuries of supraclavicular region
  • injuries of throat

Excludes 1

S15.0

  • injury of internal carotid artery, intracranial portion (S06.8)
    • S06.8 Other specified intracranial injuries

S00-T88

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

Excludes 2

S10-S19

  • 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