S15.121D Major laceration of right vertebral artery, subs encntr
Instructional Notes:
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S15.121D
Description: Major laceration of right vertebral artery, subs encntr
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S15.121
Description: Major laceration of right vertebral artery
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S15.12
Description: Major laceration of vertebral artery
Inclusion Term:- Complete transection of vertebral artery
- Traumatic rupture of vertebral artery
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S15.1
Description: Injury of vertebral artery
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S15
Description: Injury of blood vessels at neck level
Code Also: ['any associated open wound (S11.-)']
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S10-S19
Description: Injuries to the neck (S10-S19)
Exclude2:- 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)
- injuries of nape
- injuries of supraclavicular region
- injuries of throat
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S00-T88
Description: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
Exclude2:- birth trauma (P10-P15)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
- Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)