Is S10.85 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. S10.85 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does S10.85 sit in the tabular list?

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Injuries to the neck (S10-S19).

S10.85

S10.85 — Superficial foreign body of other specified part of neck

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S10.85 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for superficial foreign body of other specified part 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

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Splinter in other specified part of neck

Risk adjustment

S10.85 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.

How S10.85 is indexed

Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to S10.85.

Foreign body›superficial, without open wound›nape
Foreign body›superficial, without open wound›supraclavicular fossa
Foreign body›superficial, without open wound›neck›specified site NEC

Code to one of these instead S10.85

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share S10.8. If S10.85 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about S10.85

Is S10.85 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. S10.85 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does S10.85 sit in the tabular list?: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Injuries to the neck (S10-S19).