S10.85Superficial foreign body of other specified part of neck

S10.85 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for superficial foreign body of other specified part of neck. It belongs to category S10 (superficial injury of neck), block S10-S19 (injuries to the neck) and chapter 19 (injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within S10.8, choose S10.85 (Superficial foreign body of other specified part of neck) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: unspecified superficial injury of other specified part of neck (S10.80), abrasion of other specified part of neck (S10.81), Blister (nonthermal) of other specified part of neck (S10.82), contusion of other specified part of neck (S10.83), external constriction of other specified part of neck (S10.84), insect bite of other specified part of neck (S10.86) and other superficial bite of other specified part of neck (S10.87).

Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter, D for subsequent encounter and S for sequela. Use placeholder "X" characters to fill any empty positions before the 7th character.

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.