S15.01: Injury: Common carotid artery
You have damaged one or more blood vessels in your neck.
Several blood vessels run through the neck. There are blood vessels for the neck, spine and spinal cord, and head.
Arteries are blood vessels that transport blood away from the heart. They supply all the tissue in the body with oxygen-rich blood. The two carotid arteries in the neck, right and left, supply the face and brain. Each carotid artery divides up below the ear. Until they divide up, the carotid arteries are also known as common carotid arteries. Each common carotid artery then divides up into an external and internal carotid artery. The external carotid artery goes to the face. The internal carotid artery goes to the brain.
You have damaged your common carotid artery. In certain places in the neck you can feel your carotid arteries. You can then feel how fast your pulse is.
When a blood vessel is damaged, there is usually bleeding. Arteries can bleed very heavily. You can then lose a lot of blood very quickly. If the bleeding is heavy, blood may collect in the tissue. There may then be some pain. When there is bleeding below the skin, a bruise sometimes forms.
Additional indicator
On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.
- G: Confirmed diagnosis
- V: Tentative diagnosis
- Z: Condition after
- A: Excluded diagnosis
- L: Left
- R: Right
- B: Both sides
Further information
Note
This information is not intended for self-diagnosis and does not replace professional medical advice from a doctor. If you find an ICD code on a personal medical document, please also note the additional indicator used for diagnostic confidence.Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the ICD diagnosis code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.
Source
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