ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S40-S49 › S codes › S46
Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon 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 6 more specific codes instead:
- S46.0 Injury of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of the rotator cuff of shoulder (also a header)
- S46.1 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of long head of biceps (also a header)
- S46.2 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of other parts of biceps (also a header)
- S46.3 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of triceps (also a header)
- S46.8 Injury of other muscles, fascia and tendons at shoulder and upper arm level (also a header)
- S46.9 Injury of unspecified muscle, fascia and tendon at shoulder and upper arm level (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 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon 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.
This code
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S46
Excludes2 - not included here
- injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at elbow (S56.-)
- sprain of joints and ligaments of shoulder girdle (S43.9)
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