S12.8

S12.8: Fracture of other parts of neck

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S12.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for fracture of other parts 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 code S12.8

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Inclusion terms

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

Fracture of hyoid bone
Fracture of larynx
Fracture of thyroid cartilage
Fracture of trachea

Other codes that can never be billed with S12.8

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

M48.5Collapsed vertebra, not elsewhere classified
M84.3Stress fracture
M84.4Pathological fracture, not elsewhere classified

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Fracture, traumatic›cricoid cartilage
Fracture, traumatic›hyoid bone
Fracture, traumatic›larynx
Fracture, traumatic›thyroid cartilage
Fracture, traumatic›trachea(cartilage)
Fracture, traumatic›neck›hyoid bone
Fracture, traumatic›neck›larynx
Fracture, traumatic›neck›specified site NEC
Fracture, traumatic›neck›thyroid cartilage
Fracture, traumatic›neck›trachea