ICD-10 diagnosis code

S15.2 Injury of external jugular vein

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S15.2 is the ICD-10 code for Injury of external jugular vein. 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

S15.2 in national editions

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

NorwayICD-10-NO

S15.2Skade på vena jugularis externa

DenmarkICD-10-DK

DS152Læsion af vena jugularis externa

FinlandICD-10-FI

S15.2Ulomman kaulalaskimon vamma

GermanyICD-10-GM

S15.2Verletzung der V. jugularis externa

FranceICD-10-FR

S15.2Lésion traumatique de la veine jugulaire externe

NetherlandsICD-10-NL

S15.2letsel van vena jugularis externa

United StatesICD-10-CM

Listed through more specific codes:

  • S15.201AUnspecified injury of right external jugular vein, initial encounter
  • S15.201DUnspecified injury of right external jugular vein, subsequent encounter
  • S15.201SUnspecified injury of right external jugular vein, sequela
  • S15.202AUnspecified injury of left external jugular vein, initial encounter
  • S15.202DUnspecified injury of left external jugular vein, subsequent encounter
  • S15.202SUnspecified injury of left external jugular vein, sequela
  • S15.209AUnspecified injury of unspecified external jugular vein, initial encounter
  • S15.209DUnspecified injury of unspecified external jugular vein, 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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