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ICD-10-CM Current in FY 2027

S15.002

Unspecified injury of left carotid artery

Release
FY 2027
Effective

Hierarchy

Where S15.002 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.

  1. S15 Injury of blood vessels at neck level
  2. S15.0 Injury of carotid artery of neck
  3. S15.00 Parent Unspecified injury of carotid artery
  4. S15.002 This code Unspecified injury of left carotid artery

Official Coding Notes

Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.

Excludes1

injury of internal carotid artery, intracranial portion ( S06.8 )

Inherited from S15.0 — Injury of carotid artery of neck

Code Also

any associated open wound ( S11 .-)

Inherited from S15 — Injury of blood vessels at neck level

7th Character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S15

Inherited from S15 — Injury of blood vessels at neck level

7th Character

A - initial encounter

Inherited from S15 — Injury of blood vessels at neck level

7th Character

D - subsequent encounter

Inherited from S15 — Injury of blood vessels at neck level

7th Character

S - sequela

Inherited from S15 — Injury of blood vessels at neck level

More Specific Codes

3 codes under S15.002

Version History

How S15.002 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

    Unspecified injury of left carotid artery

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Unspecified injury of left carotid artery

Other codes under S15.00

Data Source

Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.

Release
FY 2027
Effective
Source file
icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip

Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)

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