ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S40-S49 › S40.86 Insect bite (nonvenomous) of upper arm › S40.862
Insect bite (nonvenomous) of left 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:
- S40.862A Insect bite (nonvenomous) of left upper arm, initial encounter
- S40.862D Insect bite (nonvenomous) of left upper arm, subsequent encounter
- S40.862S Insect bite (nonvenomous) of left 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 Insect bite (nonvenomous) of left 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.
- Bedbug bite
- Bite > flea
- Human > bite
- Bite > animal
- Bite > axilla
- Bite > bedbug
- Bite > insect
- Insect > bite
- Bite > superficial
- Wound, open > bite
- Injury > arm > open
- Wound, open > axilla
- Wound, open > arm > bite
- Bite > snake > nonvenomous
- Bite > spider > nonvenomous
- Spider > bite > nonvenomous
- Injury > thumb > superficial
- Injury > finger > superficial
- Wound, open > vocal cord > bite
- Bite > reptile NEC > nonvenomous
- Human > bite > intact skin surface
- Injury > superficial NEC > bite NEC
- Syndrome > acquired immunodeficiency
- Injury > superficial NEC > arm > bite
- Injury > superficial NEC > ear > bite
- Injury > superficial NEC > hip > bite
- Injury > superficial NEC > leg > bite
- Virus, viral > human immunodeficiency
- Injury > superficial NEC > hand > bite
- Injury > superficial NEC > insect bite
- Injury > superficial NEC > knee > bite
- Syndrome > immunodeficiency > acquired
- Injury > superficial NEC > digit > hand
- Injury > superficial NEC > elbow > bite
- Injury > superficial NEC > thigh > bite
- Injury > superficial NEC > thumb > bite
- Injury > superficial NEC > breast > bite
- Injury > superficial NEC > eyelid > bite
- Injury > superficial NEC > finger > bite
- Injury > superficial NEC > shoulder > bite
Showing 40 of 48 index phrases.
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S40.861 | Insect bite (nonvenomous) of right upper arm | Not billable |
| S40.869 | Insect bite (nonvenomous) of unspecified upper arm | Not billable |