Is S12.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. S12.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does S12.8 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).

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

Risk adjustment

S12.8 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 S12.8 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 S12.8.

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

Code to one of these instead S12.8

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share S12. If S12.8 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about S12.8

Is S12.8 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. S12.8 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does S12.8 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).