Minor laceration of internal jugular vein
Requires 7th character
S15.31 requires a 7th character to be reported. Choose a complete code below.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Incomplete transection of internal jugular vein
- Laceration of internal jugular vein NOS
- Superficial laceration of internal jugular vein
Includes (from S15)
- injuries of nape
- injuries of supraclavicular region
- injuries of throat
- Note: Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
- Note: The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- birth trauma (P10-P15) (from S15)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71) (from S15)
- burns and corrosions (T20-T32) (from S15)
- effects of foreign body in esophagus (T18.1) (from S15)
- effects of foreign body in larynx (T17.3) (from S15)
- effects of foreign body in pharynx (T17.2) (from S15)
- effects of foreign body in trachea (T17.4) (from S15)
- frostbite (T33-T34) (from S15)
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4) (from S15)
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7th character
This code requires a 7th character (defined at S15). Use the placeholder "X" for missing positions.
| Character | Meaning |
|---|---|
| A | initial encounter |
| D | subsequent encounter |
| S | sequela |
Also known as
- Incomplete transection of internal jugular vein
- Laceration of internal jugular vein NOS
- Superficial laceration of internal jugular vein
Parent code
- S15.3Injury of internal jugular veinNeeds 7th char