Superficial foreign body of left shoulder, sequela

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Superficial foreign body of left shoulder, sequela

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from S40 Superficial injury of shoulder and upper arm

Seventh character required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S40

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

Excludes2 - not included here

burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
frostbite (T33-T34)
injuries of elbow (S50-S59)
insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)

Includes

injuries of axilla
injuries of scapular region

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Emesis
Retching
Splinter
Granuloma > talc
Regurgitation > food
Foreign body > granuloma
Reaction > foreign > body NEC
Foreign body > lacrimal punctum
Injury > shoulder > superficial
Aspiration > syndrome of newborn
Regurgitation > gastric contents
Myositis > foreign body granuloma
Pneumonia > neonatal > aspiration
Syndrome > aspiration, of newborn
Asphyxia, asphyxiation > inhalation
Injury > superficial NEC > foreign body
Injury > superficial NEC > scapular region
Foreign body > entering through orifice > eyeball
Injury > superficial NEC > shoulder > foreign body
Foreign body > entering through orifice > lacrimal apparatus
Foreign body > entering through orifice > tear ducts or glands
Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > scapular region
Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > shoulder

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S40.252A	Superficial foreign body of left shoulder, initial encounter	Valid
S40.252D	Superficial foreign body of left shoulder, subsequent encounter	Valid