Crushing injury of neck - S17

 Use Additional

• code for all associated injuries, such as:
• injury of blood vessels (S15.-)
• open wound of neck (S11.-)
• spinal cord injury (S14.0, S14.1-)
• vertebral fracture (S12.0--S12.3-)

 Category SevenChr Note

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S17

 Codes

• S17.0 - Crushing injury of larynx and trachea
• S17.8 - Crushing injury of other specified parts of neck
• S17.9 - Crushing injury of neck, part unspecified