S15.0
S15.0: Injury of carotid artery of neck
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S15.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for injury of carotid artery 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 each code from category S15
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- injury of internal carotid artery, intracranial portion (S06.8)
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Injury of carotid artery (common) (external) (internal, extracranial portion)
- Injury of carotid artery NOS
Other codes that can never be billed with S15.0
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- S09.0Injury of blood vessels of head, not elsewhere classified
- S09.0XXAInjury of blood vessels of head, not elsewhere classified, initial encounter
- S09.0XXDInjury of blood vessels of head, not elsewhere classified, subsequent encounter
- S09.0XXSInjury of blood vessels of head, not elsewhere classified, sequela
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 S15.0
4 child codes. Green means billable.