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S13.16

Subluxation and dislocation of C5/C6 cervical vertebrae

Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 11 never code together
S13code
Excludes2
  • strain of muscle or tendon at neck level (S16.1)S16.1
S13.1code
Excludes2
  • fracture of cervical vertebrae (S12.0-S12.3-)S12.0-S12.3
S10-S19block
Excludes2
  • burns and corrosions (T20-T32)T20-T32
  • effects of foreign body in esophagus (T18.1)T18.1
  • effects of foreign body in larynx (T17.3)T17.3
  • effects of foreign body in pharynx (T17.2)T17.2
  • effects of foreign body in trachea (T17.4)T17.4
  • frostbite (T33-T34)T33-T34
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)T63.4
S00-T88chapter
Excludes2

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 17
S13.1code
Code also
  • any associated:
  • open wound of neck (S11.-)S11.-
  • spinal cord injury (S14.1-)S14.1-
S13code
Includes
  • avulsion of joint or ligament at neck level
  • laceration of cartilage, joint or ligament at neck level
  • sprain of cartilage, joint or ligament at neck level
  • traumatic hemarthrosis of joint or ligament at neck level
  • traumatic rupture of joint or ligament at neck level
  • traumatic subluxation of joint or ligament at neck level
  • traumatic tear of joint or ligament at neck level
Code also
  • any associated open wound
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 filed at null

No alphabetic index entry points at this code.

Alongside this code 8 same parent — S13.1
S13.10 Subluxation and dislocation of unsp cervical vertebrae category S13.11 Subluxation and dislocation of C0/C1 cervical vertebrae category S13.12 Subluxation and dislocation of C1/C2 cervical vertebrae category S13.13 Subluxation and dislocation of C2/C3 cervical vertebrae category S13.14 Subluxation and dislocation of C3/C4 cervical vertebrae category S13.15 Subluxation and dislocation of C4/C5 cervical vertebrae category S13.17 Subluxation and dislocation of C6/C7 cervical vertebrae category S13.18 Subluxation and dislocation of C7/T1 cervical vertebrae category
Subordinate codes 2
S13.160 Subluxation of C5/C6 cervical vertebrae S13.161 Dislocation of C5/C6 cervical vertebrae
Additional references
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This code

Billable
no
Code set
FY2026
Parent
S13.1
Block
S10-S19
Siblings
8
Subordinate
2

Present FY2024–FY2027.