ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S40-S49 › S43.409 Unspecified sprain of unspecified... › S43.409S
Unspecified sprain of unspecified shoulder joint, sequela
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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 Unspecified sprain of unspecified shoulder joint, sequela
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 S43 Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of shoulder girdle
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S43
Excludes2 - not included here
- strain of muscle, fascia and tendon of shoulder and upper arm (S46.-)
Code also
- any associated open wound
Includes
- avulsion of joint or ligament of shoulder girdle
- laceration of cartilage, joint or ligament of shoulder girdle
- sprain of cartilage, joint or ligament of shoulder girdle
- traumatic hemarthrosis of joint or ligament of shoulder girdle
- traumatic rupture of joint or ligament of shoulder girdle
- traumatic subluxation of joint or ligament of shoulder girdle
- traumatic tear of joint or ligament of shoulder girdle
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.
- Tenosynovitis
- Injury > axilla
- Sprain > scapula
- Avulsion > ligament
- Division > ligament
- Detachment > ligament
- Dislocation > partial
- Disruption > ligament
- Laceration > ligament
- Tear, torn > ligament
- Detachment > cartilage
- Tear, torn > cartilage
- Dislocation > incomplete
- Hemarthrosis > traumatic
- Injury > scapular region
- Avulsion > joint > capsule
- Injury > shoulder > sprain
- Laceration > joint capsule
- Laceration > capsule, joint
- Tear, torn > capsule, joint
- Disorder > tendon > synovitis
- Rupture, ruptured > cartilage
- Synovitis > traumatic, current
- Disorder > joint > hemarthrosis
- Disorder > synovium > synovitis
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic > joint
- Sprain > shoulder joint > blade
- Dislocation > vertebra > partial
- Subluxation > ligament, traumatic
- Rupture, ruptured > traumatic > ligament
- Rupture, ruptured > joint capsule, traumatic
- Sprain > shoulder joint > coracoclavicular joint
- Sprain > shoulder joint > coracohumeral ligament
- Sprain > shoulder joint > acromioclavicular joint
- Sprain > shoulder joint
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S43.409A | Unspecified sprain of unspecified shoulder joint, initial encounter | Valid |
| S43.409D | Unspecified sprain of unspecified shoulder joint, subsequent encounter | Valid |