Crushing injury of neck (S17)

• ICD-10 Index

  • Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00–T98)

    • Injuries to the neck (S10-S19)

      • Crushing injury of neck (S17)

        • S17 - Crushing injury of neck NON-BILLABLE CODE
        • S17.0 - Crushing injury of larynx and trachea NON-BILLABLE CODE
        • S17.0XXA - Crushing injury of larynx and trachea, initial encounter BILLABLE CODE
        • S17.0XXD - Crushing injury of larynx and trachea, subsequent encounter BILLABLE CODE
        • S17.0XXS - Crushing injury of larynx and trachea, sequela BILLABLE CODE
        • S17.8 - Crushing injury of other specified parts of neck NON-BILLABLE CODE
        • S17.8XXA - Crushing injury of oth parts of neck, init encntr BILLABLE CODE
        • S17.8XXD - Crushing injury of oth parts of neck, subs encntr BILLABLE CODE
        • S17.8XXS - Crushing injury of other specified parts of neck, sequela BILLABLE CODE
        • S17.9 - Crushing injury of neck, part unspecified NON-BILLABLE CODE
        • S17.9XXA - Crushing injury of neck, part unspecified, initial encounter BILLABLE CODE
        • S17.9XXD - Crushing injury of neck, part unspecified, subs encntr BILLABLE CODE
        • S17.9XXS - Crushing injury of neck, part unspecified, sequela BILLABLE CODE

Instructional Notations

Use Additional Code Use Additional Code
The “use additional code” indicates that a secondary code could be used to further specify the patient’s condition. This note is not mandatory and is only used if enough information is available to assign an additional code.

• code for all associated injuries, such as:
• injury of blood vessels S15
• open wound of neck S11
• spinal cord injury S14.0 S14.1
• vertebral fracture S12.0 S12.3

7th Character Note 7th Character Note
Certain ICD-10-CM categories have applicable 7th characters. The applicable 7th character is required for all codes within the category, or as the notes in the Tabular List instruct. The 7th character must always be the 7th character in the data field. If a code that requires a 7th character is not 6 characters, a placeholder X must be used to fill in the empty characters.

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S17

7th Character 7th Character
Indicates that a seventh character is to be assigned to codes in a subcategory.

• A - initial encounter
• D - subsequent encounter
• S - sequela