S14.15
Other incomplete lesions of cervical spinal cord
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 9 never code together
S10-S19block
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 13
S14code
S14.15code
Inclusion terms
- Incomplete lesion of cervical spinal cord NOS
- Posterior cord syndrome of cervical spinal cord
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 5 same parent — S14.1
S14.10 Unspecified injury of cervical spinal cord category S14.11 Complete lesion of cervical spinal cord category S14.12 Central cord syndrome of cervical spinal cord category S14.13 Anterior cord syndrome of cervical spinal cord category S14.14 Brown-Sequard syndrome of cervical spinal cord category
Subordinate codes 9
S14.151 Other incomplete lesion at C1 level of cervical spinal cord S14.152 Other incomplete lesion at C2 level of cervical spinal cord S14.153 Other incomplete lesion at C3 level of cervical spinal cord S14.154 Other incomplete lesion at C4 level of cervical spinal cord S14.155 Other incomplete lesion at C5 level of cervical spinal cord S14.156 Other incomplete lesion at C6 level of cervical spinal cord S14.157 Other incomplete lesion at C7 level of cervical spinal cord S14.158 Other incomplete lesion at C8 level of cervical spinal cord S14.159 Oth incomplete lesion at unsp level of cervical spinal cord
Medications 5
24 Spinal Cord Diseases drugs 9 Spinal Cord Injuries drugs 1 Spinal Cord Neoplasms drugs 1 Spinal Cord Ischemia drugs 1 Spinal Cord Vascular Diseases drugs
MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.
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