S11.85

S11.85: Open bite of other specified part of neck

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S11.85 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for open 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 S11

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.

superficial bite of other specified part of neck (S10.87)

Inclusion terms

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

Bite of other specified part of neck NOS

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S11.85

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on S11: Open wound of neck

open fracture of vertebra (S12.- with 7th character B)

Other codes that can never be billed with S11.85

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

S10.17Other superficial bite of throat
S10.17XAOther superficial bite of throat, initial encounter
S10.17XDOther superficial bite of throat, subsequent encounter
S10.17XSOther superficial bite of throat, sequela
S10.87Other superficial bite of other specified part of neck
S10.87XAOther superficial bite of other specified part of neck, initial encounter
S10.87XDOther superficial bite of other specified part of neck, subsequent encounter
S10.87XSOther superficial bite of other specified part of neck, sequela

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Bite›supraclavicular fossa
Bite›neck›specified site NEC
Bite›neck›throat

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead S11.85

3 child codes. Green means billable.