S14.8 Injury of other specified nerves of neck

Non-billable ICD-10-CM code.

Applies from S14 Injury of nerves and spinal cord at neck level

Code also

• any associated:
• fracture of cervical vertebra (S12.0--S12.6.-)
• open wound of neck (S11.-)
• transient paralysis (R29.5)

7th character note

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S14

Notes

• Code to highest level of cervical cord injury

7th character required

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

Code annotations containing back-references to S14.8

Back-references to S14

• Type 1 Excludes: G83.8 Other specified paralytic syndromes ("paralytic syndromes due to current spinal cord injury-code to spinal cord injury (S14, S24, S34)")
• 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 S14.8

• Injury › nerve NEC › neck › specified site NEC

Nearby codes

• S14.4XXS Injury of peripheral nerves of neck, sequela
• S14.5 Injury of cervical sympathetic nerves
• S14.5XXA Injury of cervical sympathetic nerves, initial encounter
• S14.5XXD Injury of cervical sympathetic nerves, subsequent encounter
• S14.5XXS Injury of cervical sympathetic nerves, sequela
• S14.8 Injury of other specified nerves of neck (this code)
• S14.8XXA Injury of other specified nerves of neck, initial encounter
• S14.8XXD Injury of other specified nerves of neck, subsequent encounter
• S14.8XXS Injury of other specified nerves of neck, sequela
• S14.9 Injury of unspecified nerves of neck
• S14.9XXA Injury of unspecified nerves of neck, initial encounter