S15.0
Header — not billableInjury of carotid artery of neck
The ICD-10 code for injury of carotid artery of neck is S15.0.
S15.0 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 4 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- injury of internal carotid artery, intracranial portion (S06.8)
Also known as
Alternate wording, synonyms, or specific conditions that fall under this code, listed to help confirm you've picked the right one.
- Injury of carotid artery (common) (external) (internal, extracranial portion)
- Injury of carotid artery NOS
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Related codes in this category
- S15.1Injury of vertebral arterynon-billable header
- S15.2Injury of external jugular veinnon-billable header
- S15.3Injury of internal jugular veinnon-billable header
- S15.8Injury of other specified blood vessels at neck level
- S15.9Injury of unspecified blood vessel at neck level
- S15.0Injury of carotid artery of necknon-billable header