S17.9XXA

Crushing injury of neck, part unspecified, initial encounter

Billable / specific

S17.9XXA is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Inclusion terms

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.

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

birth trauma (P10-P15) (from S17)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71) (from S17)
burns and corrosions (T20-T32) (from S17)
effects of foreign body in esophagus (T18.1) (from S17)
effects of foreign body in larynx (T17.3) (from S17)
effects of foreign body in pharynx (T17.2) (from S17)
effects of foreign body in trachea (T17.4) (from S17)
frostbite (T33-T34) (from S17)
insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4) (from S17)

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-) (from S17)
code for all associated injuries, such as: (from S17)
injury of blood vessels (S15.-) (from S17)
open wound of neck (S11.-) (from S17)
spinal cord injury (S14.0, S14.1-) (from S17)
vertebral fracture (S12.0--S12.3-) (from S17)

The 7th character values that apply to this code (defined at S17). Use the placeholder "X" for missing positions.