Kodex

Section

S45.99

Other specified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level

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)
  - S45 Injury of blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level
    - S45.9 Injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level
      - S45.99 Other specified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level
        
        S45.991 Other specified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level, right arm
        
        S45.992 Other specified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level, left arm
        
        S45.999 Other specified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm

Notes

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

any associated open wound (S41.-)
- S41 Open wound of shoulder and upper arm

Use Additional

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

Includes

injuries of axilla
injuries of scapular region

Excludes 1

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

Excludes 2

injury of subclavian artery (S25.1)
- S25.1 Injury of innominate or subclavian artery
injury of subclavian vein (S25.3)
- S25.3 Injury of innominate or subclavian vein

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