S15.1 Injury of vertebral artery

Non-billable header with 4 child codes.

Applies from S15 Injury of blood vessels at neck level

Code also

• any associated open wound (S11.-)

7th character note

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S15

7th character required

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

Codes under S15.1

• S15.10 Unspecified injury of vertebral artery
• S15.11 Minor laceration of vertebral artery
• S15.12 Major laceration of vertebral artery
• S15.19 Other specified injury of vertebral artery

Code annotations containing back-references to S15.1

Back-references to S15

• Type 1 Excludes: S09.0 Injury of blood vessels of head, not elsewhere classified ("injury of precerebral blood vessels (S15.-)")
• Use Additional: S17 Crushing injury of neck ("injury of blood vessels (S15.-)")
• 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)")

Nearby codes

• S15.092S Other specified injury of left carotid artery, sequela
• S15.099 Other specified injury of unspecified carotid artery
• S15.099A Other specified injury of unspecified carotid artery, initial encounter
• S15.099D Other specified injury of unspecified carotid artery, subsequent encounter
• S15.099S Other specified injury of unspecified carotid artery, sequela
• S15.1 Injury of vertebral artery (this code)
• S15.10 Unspecified injury of vertebral artery
• S15.101 Unspecified injury of right vertebral artery
• S15.101A Unspecified injury of right vertebral artery, initial encounter
• S15.101D Unspecified injury of right vertebral artery, subsequent encounter
• S15.101S Unspecified injury of right vertebral artery, sequela