ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S40-S49 › S45.111 Laceration of brachial artery, right side › S45.111A

S45.111A

Laceration of brachial artery, right side, 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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Laceration of brachial artery, right side, 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 S45 Injury of blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S45

Excludes2 - not included here

  • injury of subclavian artery (S25.1)
  • injury of subclavian vein (S25.3)

Code also

  • any associated open wound (S41.-)

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
S45.111D Laceration of brachial artery, right side, subsequent encounter Valid
S45.111S Laceration of brachial artery, right side, sequela Valid