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ICD-10-CM Code S12.6
Fracture of seventh cervical vertebra

NON-BILLABLE
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-10 from 2011 - 2016

ICD Code S12.6 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the five child codes of S12.6 that describes the diagnosis 'fracture of seventh cervical vertebra' in more detail.


The ICD code S12 is used to code Cervical fracture

A cervical fracture, commonly called a broken neck, is a catastrophic fracture of any of the seven cervical vertebrae in the neck. Examples of common causes in humans are traffic collisions and diving into shallow water. Abnormal movement of neck bones or pieces of bone can cause a spinal cord injury resulting in loss of sensation, paralysis, or death.

Specialty: Emergency Medicine
ICD 9 Code: 805.0

A fracture of the base of the dens (a part of C2) as seen on CT.

Source: Wikipedia

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'S12.6 - Fracture of seventh cervical vertebra'

The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code S12.6. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.


Parent Code: S12 - Fracture of cervical vertebra and other parts of neck

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