S14.1
Other and unspecified injuries of cervical spinal cord
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 7 more
specific codes sit alongside it. Worth
checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
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 11
S14code
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 7 same parent — S14
S14.0 Concussion and edema of cervical spinal cord category S14.2 Injury of nerve root of cervical spine category S14.3 Injury of brachial plexus category S14.4 Injury of peripheral nerves of neck category S14.5 Injury of cervical sympathetic nerves category S14.8 Injury of other specified nerves of neck category S14.9 Injury of unspecified nerves of neck category
Subordinate codes 6
S14.10 Unspecified injury of cervical spinal cord S14.11 Complete lesion of cervical spinal cord S14.12 Central cord syndrome of cervical spinal cord S14.13 Anterior cord syndrome of cervical spinal cord S14.14 Brown-Sequard syndrome of cervical spinal cord S14.15 Other incomplete lesions of cervical spinal cord
Medications 5
9 Spinal Cord Injuries drugs 206 Wounds and Injuries drugs 24 Spinal Cord Diseases drugs 1 Spinal Cord Neoplasms drugs 1 Spinal Cord Ischemia 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.
Additional references
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