S15.20

Unspecified injury of external jugular vein

Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30

This is the unspecified option. 3 more specific codes sit alongside it. Worth checking whether the documentation supports one of them.

Exclusions 9 never code together

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

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 7

S15code

Code also

Includes

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

Index entries leading here 1

Alongside this code 3 same parent — S15.2

Subordinate codes 3

Additional references

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Maps to no condition category in any loaded model.

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Present FY2024–FY2027.