S10.0
S10.0: Contusion of throat
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S10.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contusion of throat. 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
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Contusion of cervical esophagus
- Contusion of larynx
- Contusion of pharynx
- Contusion of trachea
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Contusion›epiglottis
- Contusion›larynx
- Contusion›pharynx
- Contusion›throat
- Contusion›trachea(cervical)
- Contusion›vocal cord(s)
- Contusion›esophagus›cervical
- Contusion›neck›throat
- Injury›superficial NEC›throat›contusion
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead S10.0
3 child codes. Green means billable.