S10.17 Other superficial bite of throat

Non-billable ICD-10-CM code.

Excludes1 (never code together)

• open bite of throat (S11.85)

Applies from S10 Superficial injury of neck

7th character note

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S10

7th character required

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

Code annotations containing back-references to S10.17

Back-references to S10

• Type 2 Excludes: S27 Injury of other and unspecified intrathoracic organs ("injury of cervical esophagus (S10-S19)")
• Type 2 Excludes: S27 Injury of other and unspecified intrathoracic organs ("injury of trachea (cervical) (S10-S19)")

Diagnosis Index entries for S10.17

• Bite (s) (animal) (human) › esophagus, cervical › superficial NEC
• Bite (s) (animal) (human) › larynx › superficial NEC
• Bite (s) (animal) (human) › neck › throat › superficial NEC
• Bite (s) (animal) (human) › pharynx › superficial NEC
• Bite (s) (animal) (human) › trachea › superficial NEC
• Bite (s) (animal) (human) › vocal cords › superficial NEC
• Injury › superficial NEC › throat › bite

Nearby codes

• S10.15XS Superficial foreign body of throat, sequela
• S10.16 Insect bite (nonvenomous) of throat
• S10.16XA Insect bite (nonvenomous) of throat, initial encounter
• S10.16XD Insect bite (nonvenomous) of throat, subsequent encounter
• S10.16XS Insect bite (nonvenomous) of throat, sequela
• S10.17 Other superficial bite of throat (this code)
• S10.17XA Other superficial bite of throat, initial encounter
• S10.17XD Other superficial bite of throat, subsequent encounter
• S10.17XS Other superficial bite of throat, sequela
• S10.8 Superficial injury of other specified parts of neck
• S10.80 Unspecified superficial injury of other specified part of neck