S15.39 Other specified injury of internal jugular vein

Non-billable header with 3 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 S15.39

• S15.391 Other specified injury of right internal jugular vein
• S15.392 Other specified injury of left internal jugular vein
• S15.399 Other specified injury of unspecified internal jugular vein

Code annotations containing back-references to S15.39

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)")

Diagnosis Index entries for S15.39

• Injury › blood vessel NEC › jugular vein (external) › internal › specified type NEC

Nearby codes

• S15.322S Major laceration of left internal jugular vein, sequela
• S15.329 Major laceration of unspecified internal jugular vein
• S15.329A Major laceration of unspecified internal jugular vein, initial encounter
• S15.329D Major laceration of unspecified internal jugular vein, subsequent encounter
• S15.329S Major laceration of unspecified internal jugular vein, sequela
• S15.39 Other specified injury of internal jugular vein (this code)
• S15.391 Other specified injury of right internal jugular vein
• S15.391A Other specified injury of right internal jugular vein, initial encounter
• S15.391D Other specified injury of right internal jugular vein, subsequent encounter
• S15.391S Other specified injury of right internal jugular vein, sequela
• S15.392 Other specified injury of left internal jugular vein