S12.1
S12.1 — Fracture of second cervical vertebra
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S12.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for fracture of second cervical vertebra. 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 all codes from subcategories S12.0-S12.6
- A
- initial encounter for closed fracture
- B
- initial encounter for open fracture
- D
- subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- G
- subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- K
- subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- S
- sequela
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Axis
Risk adjustment
S12.1 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.
Code to one of these instead S12.1
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- S12.10Unspecified fracture of second cervical vertebra
- S12.11Type II dens fracture
- S12.12Other dens fracture
- S12.13Unspecified traumatic spondylolisthesis of second cervical vertebra
- S12.14Type III traumatic spondylolisthesis of second cervical vertebra
- S12.15Other traumatic spondylolisthesis of second cervical vertebra
- S12.19Other fracture of second cervical vertebra
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S12. If S12.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S12.0Fracture of first cervical vertebra
- S12.2Fracture of third cervical vertebra
- S12.3Fracture of fourth cervical vertebra
- S12.4Fracture of fifth cervical vertebra
- S12.5Fracture of sixth cervical vertebra
- S12.6Fracture of seventh cervical vertebra
- S12.8Fracture of other parts of neck
- S12.9Fracture of neck, unspecified
Questions about S12.1
- Is S12.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S12.1 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S12.1 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).