S11.25
Open bite of pharynx and cervical esophagus
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 11 never code together
S10-S19block
Excludes2
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
7th character 3
A initial encounter
D subsequent encounter
S sequela
Instructional notes 10
S11.25code
Inclusion terms
- Bite of pharynx and cervical esophagus NOS
S10-S19block
Includes
- injuries of nape
- injuries of supraclavicular region
- injuries of throat
S00-T88chapter
Notes
- Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
- The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
Use additional code
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)Z18.-
Index entries leading here 2
Alongside this code 5 same parent — S11.2
S11.20 Unspecified open wound of pharynx and cervical esophagus category S11.21 Laceration w/o fb of pharynx and cervical esophagus category S11.22 Laceration w foreign body of pharynx and cervical esophagus category S11.23 Pnctr w/o foreign body of pharynx and cervical esophagus category S11.24 Pnctr w foreign body of pharynx and cervical esophagus category
Additional references
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