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S12Fracture of cervical vertebra and other parts of neck

ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Injuries to the neck (S10-S19)

Code Details

Billable	No — use a more specific child code
Chapter	Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Section	Injuries to the neck (S10-S19)

Valid 7th Characters

A	initial encounter for closed fracture
B	initial encounter for open fracture
D	subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
G	subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
K	subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
S	sequela

Coding Notes

Includes

fracture of cervical neural arch
fracture of cervical spine
fracture of cervical spinous process
fracture of cervical transverse process
fracture of cervical vertebral arch
fracture of neck

Code First

any associated cervical spinal cord injury (S14.0, S14.1-)

Note

A fracture not indicated as displaced or nondisplaced should be coded to displaced
A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed

7th Character Note

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to all codes from subcategories S12.0-S12.6

Subcategories (9)

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

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