S10.9
S10.9: Superficial injury of unspecified part of neck
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S10.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for superficial injury of unspecified 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
Other codes that can never be billed with S10.9
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
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 S10.9
8 child codes. Green means billable.
- S10.90Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified part of neck
- S10.91Abrasion of unspecified part of neck
- S10.92Blister (nonthermal) of unspecified part of neck
- S10.93Contusion of unspecified part of neck
- S10.94External constriction of unspecified part of neck
- S10.95Superficial foreign body of unspecified part of neck
- S10.96Insect bite of unspecified part of neck
- S10.97Other superficial bite of unspecified part of neck