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

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

Provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).

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