S16: Injury of muscles and tendons at neck level
You have damaged muscles and tendons in your neck.
Tendons are made up of very firm connective tissue. Tendons attach muscles to bones.
The injury has damaged muscles and tendons in your neck. Tendons and muscles can tear, for example.
When muscles or tendons in the neck are damaged, you are usually no longer able to move your head properly. You may also have pain.
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
Source
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