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S12 Non-Billable Code

Fracture of cervical vertebra and other parts of neck

Chapter Classification

Chapter 19 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

Section Detail

S10-S19 Injuries to the neck (S10-S19)

Coding Guidelines & Notes

includes
  • fracture of cervical neural arch
  • fracture of cervical spine
  • fracture of cervical spinous process
  • fracture of cervical transverse process
  • fracture of cervical vertebral arch
  • fracture of neck
codeFirst
  • any associated cervical spinal cord injury (S14.0, S14.1-)
sevenChrDef
  • {'char': 'A', 'text': 'initial encounter for closed fracture'}
  • {'char': 'B', 'text': 'initial encounter for open fracture'}
  • {'char': 'D', 'text': 'subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing'}
  • {'char': 'G', 'text': 'subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing'}
  • {'char': 'K', 'text': 'subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion'}
  • {'char': 'S', 'text': 'sequela'}
sevenChrNote
  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to all codes from subcategories S12.0-S12.6

More Specific Diagnosis Codes

This code is not billable as it requires a higher level of specificity. Select a more specific code below.

  • S12.0 - Fracture of first cervical vertebra
  • S12.1 - Fracture of second cervical vertebra
  • S12.2 - Fracture of third cervical vertebra
  • S12.3 - Fracture of fourth cervical vertebra
  • S12.4 - Fracture of fifth cervical vertebra
  • S12.5 - Fracture of sixth cervical vertebra
  • S12.6 - Fracture of seventh cervical vertebra
  • S12.8 - Fracture of other parts of neck Billable
  • S12.9 - Fracture of neck, unspecified Billable

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