S15.9 Injury of unspecified blood vessel at neck level

Non-billable ICD-10-CM code.

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

Code annotations containing back-references to S15.9

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 S15.9

• Injury › blood vessel NEC › neck

Nearby codes

• S15.399S Other specified injury of unspecified internal jugular vein, sequela
• S15.8 Injury of other specified blood vessels at neck level
• S15.8XXA Injury of other specified blood vessels at neck level, initial encounter
• S15.8XXD Injury of other specified blood vessels at neck level, subsequent encounter
• S15.8XXS Injury of other specified blood vessels at neck level, sequela
• S15.9 Injury of unspecified blood vessel at neck level (this code)
• S15.9XXA Injury of unspecified blood vessel at neck level, initial encounter
• S15.9XXD Injury of unspecified blood vessel at neck level, subsequent encounter
• S15.9XXS Injury of unspecified blood vessel at neck level, sequela