ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S40-S49 › S41.01 Laceration without foreign body of shoulder › S41.019
Laceration without foreign body of unspecified shoulder
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:
- S41.019A Laceration without foreign body of unspecified shoulder, initial encounter
- S41.019D Laceration without foreign body of unspecified shoulder, subsequent encounter
- S41.019S Laceration without foreign body of unspecified shoulder, 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 Laceration without foreign body of unspecified shoulder
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 S41 Open wound of shoulder and upper arm
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S41
Excludes1 - never coded here
- traumatic amputation of shoulder and upper arm (S48.-)
Excludes2 - not included here
- open fracture of shoulder and upper arm (S42.- with 7th character B or C)
Code also
- any associated wound infection
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.
- Injury > shoulder > open
- Laceration > scapular region
- Wound, open > scapular region
- Wound, open > shoulder > laceration
- Laceration > shoulder
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S41.011 | Laceration without foreign body of right shoulder | Not billable |
| S41.012 | Laceration without foreign body of left shoulder | Not billable |