S12

Non-billableSave

Fracture of cervical vertebra and other parts of neck

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Coding Guidance

S12 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.

Additional Information

From parent codes: S00-T88 (Chapter 19)

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S00-T88

Excludes1 means 'NOT CODED HERE!' An Excludes1 note indicates mutually exclusive codes: two conditions that cannot be reported together.

birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Use Additional CodeFrom S00-T88

The 'use additional code' note instructs that a secondary code should be added to provide more detail.

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

More Specific Codes (9)

S12.0Fracture of first cervical vertebraCategory→S12.1Fracture of second cervical vertebraCategory→S12.2Fracture of third cervical vertebraCategory→S12.3Fracture of fourth cervical vertebraCategory→S12.4Fracture of fifth cervical vertebraCategory→S12.5Fracture of sixth cervical vertebraCategory→S12.6Fracture of seventh cervical vertebraCategory→S12.8Fracture of other parts of neckCategory→S12.9Fracture of neck, unspecifiedCategory→

Chapter Information

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Range: S00-T88

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Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for S12

Fracture of first cervical vertebra

S12.0›

Fracture of second cervical vertebra

S12.1›

Fracture of third cervical vertebra

S12.2›

Fracture of fourth cervical vertebra

S12.3›

Fracture of fifth cervical vertebra

S12.4›

Fracture of sixth cervical vertebra

S12.5›

Fracture of seventh cervical vertebra

S12.6›

Fracture of other parts of neck

S12.8›

Fracture of neck, unspecified

S12.9›

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