S13.5

S13.5: Sprain of thyroid region

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S13.5 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for sprain of thyroid region. 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 S13

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Inclusion terms

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

Sprain of cricoarytenoid (joint) (ligament)
Sprain of cricothyroid (joint) (ligament)
Sprain of thyroid cartilage

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S13.5

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

Written on S13: Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments at neck level

strain of muscle or tendon at neck level (S16.1)

Risk adjustment

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

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Sprain›cricoarytenoid articulation or ligament
Sprain›cricothyroid articulation
Sprain›thyroid cartilage or region
Sprain›cartilage›thyroid region
Sprain›neck›cricoarytenoid ligament
Sprain›neck›cricothyroid ligament
Sprain›neck›thyroid region(cartilage)