ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S40-S49 › S45.8 Injury of other specified blood... › S45.81
Laceration of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level
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:
- S45.811 Laceration of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, right arm (also a header)
- S45.812 Laceration of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, left arm (also a header)
- S45.819 Laceration of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm (also a header)
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Laceration of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level
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.
- Injury > chest
- Injury > axilla
- Injury > scapular region
- Injury > arm > blood vessel
- Injury > hip > blood vessel
- Injury > interscapular area
- Injury > leg > blood vessel
- Injury > thigh > blood vessel
- Injury > shoulder > blood vessel
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > thigh
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > extremity
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > upper arm
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > leg > thigh
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > limb > lower
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > limb > upper
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > shoulder > specified NEC
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > arm NEC > specified > site NEC > laceration
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S45.80 | Unspecified injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level | Not billable |
| S45.89 | Other specified injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level | Not billable |