Section
S17.8
Crushing injury of other specified parts of neck
Hierarchy
Notes
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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
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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
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code for all associated injuries, such as:
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injury of blood vessels (S15.-)
- S15 Injury of blood vessels at neck level
- S11 Open wound of neck
- spinal cord injury (S14.0, S14.1-)
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vertebral fracture (S12.0--S12.3-)
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code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
- Z18 Retained foreign body fragments
Includes
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injuries of nape
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injuries of supraclavicular region
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injuries of throat
Excludes 1
Excludes 2
- T20-T32 Burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
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effects of foreign body in esophagus (T18.1)
- T18.1 Foreign body in esophagus
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effects of foreign body in larynx (T17.3)
- T17.3 Foreign body in larynx
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effects of foreign body in pharynx (T17.2)
- T17.2 Foreign body in pharynx
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effects of foreign body in trachea (T17.4)
- T17.4 Foreign body in trachea
- T33-T34 Frostbite (T33-T34)
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insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
- T63.4 Toxic effect of venom of other arthropods