900.02 INJ EXTERNAL CAROTID ART


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 900.02

Short Description: Inj external carotid art

Long Description: Injury to external carotid artery

Code Classification:

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Injury to blood vessels (900-904)
      • 900 Injury to blood vessels of head and neck
        • 900.02 Inj external carotid art

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 900.02 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Injury 959.9
    • blood vessel NEC 904.9
      • carotid artery 900.00
        • external 900.02

Crosswalk Information

The code 900.02 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
900.02 Right Arrow S15.009A Unsp injury of unspecified carotid artery, init encntr
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
900.00 Injury to carotid artery, unspecified
900.01 Injury to common carotid artery
900.03 Injury to internal carotid artery
900.1 Injury to internal jugular vein
900.81 Injury to external jugular vein
900.82 Injury to multiple blood vessels of head and neck
900.89 Injury to other specified blood vessels of head and neck
900.9 Injury to unspecified blood vessel of head and neck


This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014