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S15.0

Injury of carotid artery of neck

Non-billableCategory

Code Hierarchy

S15S15.0

Chapter: 19. Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Section: S10-S19 - Injuries to the neck

Coding Guidelines

Inclusion Terms

  • Injury of carotid artery (common) (external) (internal, extracranial portion)
  • Injury of carotid artery NOS

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with S15.0

  • S06.8 - injury of internal carotid artery, intracranial portion (S06.8)

Specific Codes (4)

S15.00Category

Unspecified injury of carotid artery

S15.01Category

Minor laceration of carotid artery

S15.02Category

Major laceration of carotid artery

S15.09Category

Other specified injury of carotid artery

Related Codes

S15.1Category

Injury of vertebral artery

S15.2Category

Injury of external jugular vein

S15.3Category

Injury of internal jugular vein

S15.8Category

Injury of other specified blood vessels at neck level

S15.9Category

Injury of unspecified blood vessel at neck level

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