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ICD-10 diagnosis code

S15.0 Injury of carotid artery

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S15.0 is the ICD-10 code for Injury of carotid artery. It is a four-character subcategory of S15 (Injury of blood vessels at neck level), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block S10–S19 (Injuries to the neck) in Chapter XIX, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Code type
Subcategory (4 characters)
Chapter
XIX · S00–T98
Classification
WHO ICD-10, 2019 version

What S15.0 includes

Conditions and terms that are coded here.

  • Carotid artery (common) (external) (internal)

S15.0 in national editions

Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.

SwedenICD-10-SE

S15.0Skada på karotisartär

NorwayICD-10-NO

S15.0Skade på arteria carotis

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DS150Læsion af arteria carotis

  • DS150ALæsion af arteria carotis communis
  • DS150BLæsion af arteria carotis externa
  • DS150CLæsion af arteria carotis interna
FinlandICD-10-FI

S15.0Kaulavaltimon vamma

GermanyICD-10-GM

S15.0Verletzung der A. carotis

  • S15.00A. carotis, Teil nicht näher bezeichnet
  • S15.01A. carotis communis
  • S15.02A. carotis externa
  • S15.03A. carotis interna
FranceICD-10-FR

S15.0Lésion traumatique de la carotide

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

S15.0letsel van arteria carotis

United StatesICD-10-CM

Listed through more specific codes:

  • S15.001AUnspecified injury of right carotid artery, initial encounter
  • S15.001DUnspecified injury of right carotid artery, subsequent encounter
  • S15.001SUnspecified injury of right carotid artery, sequela
  • S15.002AUnspecified injury of left carotid artery, initial encounter
  • S15.002DUnspecified injury of left carotid artery, subsequent encounter
  • S15.002SUnspecified injury of left carotid artery, sequela
  • S15.009AUnspecified injury of unspecified carotid artery, initial encounter
  • S15.009DUnspecified injury of unspecified carotid artery, subsequent encounter
  • and 28 more national subcodes

Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.

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