ICD-10-CM Code S12.60
Unspecified fracture of seventh 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 S12.60 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the two child codes of S12.60 that describes the diagnosis 'unspecified 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.
ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'S12.60 - Unspecified fracture of seventh cervical vertebra'
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Parent Code: S12.6 - Fracture of seventh cervical vertebra