Laceration without foreign body of left upper arm, initial encounter

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 Laceration without foreign body of left upper arm, initial encounter

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 > arm > open
Laceration > axilla
Wound, open > axilla
Wound, open > arm > laceration
Laceration > arm

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S41.112D	Laceration without foreign body of left upper arm, subsequent encounter	Valid
S41.112S	Laceration without foreign body of left upper arm, sequela	Valid