ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S40-S49 › S40.85 Superficial foreign body of upper arm › S40.851
Superficial foreign body of right 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:
- S40.851A Superficial foreign body of right upper arm, initial encounter
- S40.851D Superficial foreign body of right upper arm, subsequent encounter
- S40.851S Superficial foreign body of right upper arm, sequela
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2014 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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Superficial foreign body of right 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.
- Emesis
- Retching
- Splinter
- Granuloma > talc
- Regurgitation > food
- Foreign body > granuloma
- Injury > arm > superficial
- Reaction > foreign > body NEC
- Foreign body > lacrimal punctum
- Aspiration > syndrome of newborn
- Regurgitation > gastric contents
- Injury > superficial NEC > axilla
- Myositis > foreign body granuloma
- Pneumonia > neonatal > aspiration
- Syndrome > aspiration, of newborn
- Asphyxia, asphyxiation > inhalation
- Injury > superficial NEC > foreign body
- Injury > superficial NEC > arm > foreign body
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > eyeball
- Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > axilla
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > lacrimal apparatus
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > tear ducts or glands
- Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > arm
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S40.852 | Superficial foreign body of left upper arm | Not billable |
| S40.859 | Superficial foreign body of unspecified upper arm | Not billable |