ICD-10-CM Code S12.10
Unspecified fracture of second cervical vertebra
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code S12.10 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of S12.10 that describes the diagnosis 'unspecified fracture of second cervical vertebra' in more detail.
The ICD code S121 is used to code Hangman's fracture
A hangman's fracture is the colloquial name given to a fracture of both pedicles or pars interarticularis of the axis vertebra (C2) (or epistropheus).
| Specialty: | Emergency Medicine |
| ICD 9 Code: | 805.02 |
X-ray of the cervical spine with a Hangman's fracture. Left without, right with annotation. Clearly can be seen that C2 (red outline) is moved forward with respect to C3 (blue outline).
Related Concepts SNOMET-CT
- Closed fracture of second cervical vertebra without spinal cord injury (disorder)
- Closed fracture axis, spinous process (disorder)
- Closed fracture axis, tricolumnar (disorder)
- Hangman's fracture (disorder)
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Possible requirement for an external cause code
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'S12.10 - Unspecified fracture of second cervical vertebra'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code S12.10. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: S12.1 - Fracture of second cervical vertebra