S14

S14: Injury of nerves and spinal cord at neck level

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S14 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for injury of nerves and spinal cord at neck level. 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 S14

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Code also

Both codes may be needed to describe the encounter fully. Sequencing depends on the reason for the visit.

any associated:
fracture of cervical vertebra (S12.0--S12.6.-)
open wound of neck (S11.-)
transient paralysis (R29.5)

Notes

Additional guidance from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Code to highest level of cervical cord injury

Other codes that can never be billed with S14

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

G83.8Other specified paralytic syndromes

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead S14

8 child codes. Green means billable.