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Category · FY2027

S19 Other specified and unspecified injuries of neck

  • Header · not billable
  • Codes take a 7th character

S19 is not billable. The category heads 24 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 2 subdivisions. Its codes take a 7th character, so none is complete with fewer than 7 characters.

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Where it sits

  1. Chapter 19 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  2. S10-S19 Injuries to the neck (S10-S19)
  3. S19 Other specified and unspecified injuries of neck
Billable codes
24
Subdivisions
2
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
12

Codes in S19

  1. S19.8
    Other specified injuries of neck
    Header
  2. S19.80
    Other specified injuries of unspecified part of neck +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  3. S19.81
    Other specified injuries of larynx +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  4. S19.82
    Other specified injuries of cervical trachea +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
    Excludes2 1

    Excludes2

    • other specified injury of thoracic trachea (S27.5-) S27.5
  5. S19.83
    Other specified injuries of vocal cord +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  6. S19.84
    Other specified injuries of thyroid gland +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  7. S19.85
    Other specified injuries of pharynx and cervical esophagus +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  8. S19.89
    Other specified injuries of other specified part of neck +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  9. S19.9
    Unspecified injury of neck +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters

Sources of each column. Rows marked +7th need a 7th character: pick one to build the full code; its code card has its own flags.

Instructions

Notes that also apply

Block S10-S19 instructions (Includes 3, Excludes2 7): printed on the block page.

Chapter 19 instructions (Notes 2, Excludes2 2, Use additional code 1): printed on the chapter 19 page.

7th characters

7th characters for S19 defined here

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S19

7th characters for S19
7thMeaning (NCHS)
Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela

A code that takes a 7th character is invalid without it; the placeholder X fills a code shorter than 6 characters (Official Guidelines I.A.5). How 7th characters work.

Index entries

  • Injurylarynx NEC → S19.81
  • Injurytrachea (cervical) NEC → S19.82
  • Injuryvocal cord NEC → S19.83
  • Injurythyroid (gland) NEC → S19.84
  • Injurypharynx NEC → S19.85
  • Injuryepiglottis NEC → S19.89
  • Injuryneck → S19.9
  • Injurythroat → S19.9
  • Injuryneckspecified NEC → S19.80
  • Injuryglandthyroid NEC → S19.84
  • Injuryesophagus (thoracic part)cervical NEC → S19.85
  • Injuryneckspecified NECspecified site NEC → S19.89

NCHS Alphabetic Index. Index first, then the Tabular List.

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