S16

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Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at neck level

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

Coding Guidance

S16 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 (4)

S16.1Strain of muscle, fascia and tendon at neck levelCategory→S16.2Laceration of muscle, fascia and tendon at neck levelCategory→S16.8Other specified injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at neck levelCategory→S16.9Unspecified injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at neck levelCategory→

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 S16

Strain of muscle, fascia and tendon at neck level

S16.1›

Laceration of muscle, fascia and tendon at neck level

S16.2›

Other specified injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at neck level

S16.8›

Unspecified injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at neck level

S16.9›

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