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S46.3

Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of triceps

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

  • S46.30 Unspecified injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of triceps (also a header)
  • S46.31 Strain of muscle, fascia and tendon of triceps (also a header)
  • S46.32 Laceration of muscle, fascia and tendon of triceps (also a header)
  • S46.39 Other injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of triceps (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.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of triceps

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 S46 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at shoulder and upper arm level

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

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
S46.0 Injury of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of the rotator cuff of shoulder Not billable
S46.1 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of long head of biceps Not billable
S46.2 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of other parts of biceps Not billable
S46.8 Injury of other muscles, fascia and tendons at shoulder and upper arm level Not billable
S46.9 Injury of unspecified muscle, fascia and tendon at shoulder and upper arm level Not billable