Includes:

  • injuries of nape
  • injuries of supraclavicular region
  • injuries of throat

Excludes2

  • burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
  • effects of foreign body in esophagus (T18.1)
  • effects of foreign body in larynx (T17.3)
  • effects of foreign body in pharynx (T17.2)
  • effects of foreign body in trachea (T17.4)
  • frostbite (T33-T34)
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
  1. S16 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at neck level

    1. S16.1 Strain of muscle, fascia and tendon at neck level

    2. S16.2 Laceration of muscle, fascia and tendon at neck level

    3. S16.8 Other specified injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at neck level

    4. S16.9 Unspecified injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at neck level

Abbreviations used here:

NEC Not elsewhere classifiable
This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.

NOS Not otherwise specified
This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.