S15.3 is the ICD-10 code for Injury of internal 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
S15.3 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
S15.3Skade på vena jugularis interna
DS153Læsion af vena jugularis interna
S15.3Sisemmän kaulalaskimon vamma
S15.3Verletzung der V. jugularis interna
S15.3Lésion traumatique de la veine jugulaire interne
S15.3letsel van vena jugularis interna
Listed through more specific codes:
- S15.301AUnspecified injury of right internal jugular vein, initial encounter
- S15.301DUnspecified injury of right internal jugular vein, subsequent encounter
- S15.301SUnspecified injury of right internal jugular vein, sequela
- S15.302AUnspecified injury of left internal jugular vein, initial encounter
- S15.302DUnspecified injury of left internal jugular vein, subsequent encounter
- S15.302SUnspecified injury of left internal jugular vein, sequela
- S15.309AUnspecified injury of unspecified internal jugular vein, initial encounter
- S15.309DUnspecified injury of unspecified internal 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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