S11.22Laceration with foreign body of pharynx and cervical esophagus

S11.22 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for laceration with foreign body of pharynx and cervical esophagus. It belongs to category S11 (open wound 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 S11.2 (open wound of pharynx and cervical esophagus), S11.22 is specifically for laceration with foreign body of pharynx and cervical esophagus. Related codes cover unspecified open wound of pharynx and cervical esophagus (S11.20), laceration without foreign body of pharynx and cervical esophagus (S11.21), puncture wound without foreign body of pharynx and cervical esophagus (S11.23), puncture wound with foreign body of pharynx and cervical esophagus (S11.24) and open bite of pharynx and cervical esophagus (S11.25).

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.