ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S40-S49 › S40.8 Other superficial injuries of upper arm › S40.82
Blister (nonthermal) of upper arm
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- S40.821 Blister (nonthermal) of right upper arm (also a header)
- S40.822 Blister (nonthermal) of left upper arm (also a header)
- S40.829 Blister (nonthermal) of unspecified upper arm (also a header)
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Blister (nonthermal) of upper arm
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.
- Blister > axilla
- Blister > upper arm
- Injury > arm > superficial
- Injury > superficial NEC > axilla
- Injury > superficial NEC > blister
- Injury > superficial NEC > arm > blister
- Blister > arm
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S40.81 | Abrasion of upper arm | Not billable |
| S40.84 | External constriction of upper arm | Not billable |
| S40.85 | Superficial foreign body of upper arm | Not billable |
| S40.86 | Insect bite (nonvenomous) of upper arm | Not billable |
| S40.87 | Other superficial bite of upper arm | Not billable |