S15.1 is the ICD-10 code for Injury of vertebral 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
S15.1 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
S15.1Skade på arteria vertebralis
DS151Læsion af arteria vertebralis
S15.1Nikamavaltimon vamma
S15.1Verletzung der A. vertebralis
S15.1Lésion traumatique de l'artère vertébrale
S15.1letsel van arteria vertebralis
Listed through more specific codes:
- S15.101AUnspecified injury of right vertebral artery, initial encounter
- S15.101DUnspecified injury of right vertebral artery, subsequent encounter
- S15.101SUnspecified injury of right vertebral artery, sequela
- S15.102AUnspecified injury of left vertebral artery, initial encounter
- S15.102DUnspecified injury of left vertebral artery, subsequent encounter
- S15.102SUnspecified injury of left vertebral artery, sequela
- S15.109AUnspecified injury of unspecified vertebral artery, initial encounter
- S15.109DUnspecified injury of unspecified vertebral 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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