kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Section

S41.03

Puncture wound without foreign body of shoulder

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)
      • S41 Open wound of shoulder and upper arm
        • S41.0 Open wound of shoulder
          • S41.03 Puncture wound without foreign body of shoulder
            • S41.031 Puncture wound without foreign body of right shoulder
            • S41.032 Puncture wound without foreign body of left shoulder
            • S41.039 Puncture wound without foreign body of unspecified shoulder

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.

Code Also

S41

  • any associated wound infection

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

S41

  • S48 Traumatic amputation of shoulder and upper arm

S00-T88

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

Excludes 2

S41

  • open fracture of shoulder and upper arm (S42.- with 7th character B or C)

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