S10
S10: Superficial injury of neck
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S10 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for superficial injury of neck. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S10
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Other codes that can never be billed with S10
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- S11.85Open bite of other specified part of neck
- S11.85XAOpen bite of other specified part of neck, initial encounter
- S11.85XDOpen bite of other specified part of neck, subsequent encounter
- S11.85XSOpen bite of other specified part of neck, sequela
- S11.95Open bite of unspecified part of neck
- S11.95XAOpen bite of unspecified part of neck, initial encounter
- S11.95XDOpen bite of unspecified part of neck, subsequent encounter
- S11.95XSOpen bite of unspecified part of neck, sequela
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead S10
4 child codes. Green means billable.