ICD-10-CM Code S12.19
Other 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 S12.19 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of S12.19 that describes the diagnosis 'other fracture of second cervical vertebra' in more detail.
- S12.19 Other fracture of second cervical vertebra NON-BILLABLE
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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).
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'S12.19 - Other fracture of second cervical vertebra'
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code S12.19. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.
Parent Code: S12.1 - Fracture of second cervical vertebra