Neurosurgery Coding Alert
Turn To S13 for Neck Sprain
Question: Our physician documented a diagnosis of neck sprain in a patient who reported after an accidental injury. Which are the best ICD-10 codes that we can submit for this diagnosis?
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Answer: You have an ICD-10 code for neck sprain using S13 (Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments at neck level). This code includes:
You also have codes further on for other parts of the cervical regions such as:
In ICD-9, neck sprain and strain had a common code: 847.0 (Neck sprain) under category 847 (Sprains and strains of other and unspecified parts of back).
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