kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Section

S40-S49

Injuries to the shoulder and upper arm (S40-S49)

Hierarchy

  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • S40-S49 Injuries to the shoulder and upper arm (S40-S49)
      • S40 Superficial injury of shoulder and upper arm
      • S41 Open wound of shoulder and upper arm
      • S42 Fracture of shoulder and upper arm
      • S43 Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of shoulder girdle
      • S44 Injury of nerves at shoulder and upper arm level
      • S45 Injury of blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level
      • S46 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at shoulder and upper arm level
      • S47 Crushing injury of shoulder and upper arm
      • S48 Traumatic amputation of shoulder and upper arm
      • S49 Other and unspecified injuries of shoulder and upper arm

Notes

S00-T88

  • Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
  • The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Use Additional

S00-T88

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
    • Z18 Retained foreign body fragments

Includes

S40-S49

  • injuries of axilla
  • injuries of scapular region

Excludes 1

S00-T88

  • P10-P15 Birth trauma (P10-P15)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Excludes 2

S40-S49

  • T20-T32 Burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
  • T33-T34 Frostbite (T33-T34)
  • injuries of elbow (S50-S59)
    • S50-S59 Injuries to the elbow and forearm (S50-S59)
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
    • T63.4 Toxic effect of venom of other arthropods