Is S10.87 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. S10.87 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does S10.87 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).

What cannot be coded together with S10.87?

S10.87 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.

S10.87

S10.87 — Other superficial bite of other specified part of neck

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S10.87 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other superficial bite 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

Excludes1 — never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

open bite of other specified parts of neck (S11.85)

Other codes that can never be billed with S10.87

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at S10.87. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading S10.87 alone.

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

Risk adjustment

S10.87 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 S10.87 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 S10.87.

Bite›thyroid›superficial NEC
Bite›neck›specified site NEC›superficial NEC

Code to one of these instead S10.87

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share S10.8. If S10.87 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about S10.87

Is S10.87 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. S10.87 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does S10.87 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).
What cannot be coded together with S10.87?: S10.87 carries an Excludes1 note, which means the conditions it lists can never be coded together with it on the same encounter.