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. S19 Other specified and unspecified injuries of neck

    The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S19

    • A - initial encounter
    • D - subsequent encounter
    • S - sequela
    1. S19.8 Other specified injuries of neck

      1. S19.80 Other specified injuries of unspecified part of neck

      2. S19.81 Other specified injuries of larynx

      3. S19.82 Other specified injuries of cervical trachea

      4. S19.83 Other specified injuries of vocal cord

      5. S19.84 Other specified injuries of thyroid gland

      6. S19.85 Other specified injuries of pharynx and cervical esophagus

      7. S19.89 Other specified injuries of other specified part of neck

    2. S19.9 Unspecified injury of neck

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.