ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S40-S49 › S48.1 Traumatic amputation at level... › S48.12
Partial traumatic amputation at level between shoulder and elbow
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:
- S48.121 Partial traumatic amputation at level between right shoulder and elbow (also a header)
- S48.122 Partial traumatic amputation at level between left shoulder and elbow (also a header)
- S48.129 Partial traumatic amputation at level between unspecified shoulder and elbow (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 Partial traumatic amputation at level between shoulder and elbow
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 S48 Traumatic amputation of shoulder and upper arm
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S48
Excludes1 - never coded here
- traumatic amputation at elbow level (S58.0)
Also known as
- An amputation not identified as partial or complete should be coded to complete
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.
- Stump
- Avulsion > limb
- Disarticulation
- Injury > arm > open
- Wound, open > axilla
- Injury > shoulder > open
- Wound, open > scapular region
- Amputation > traumatic > shoulder
- Wound, open > arm > with amputation
- Wound, open > shoulder > with amputation
- Loss > limb or member, traumatic, current
- Disarticulation > meaning traumatic amputation
- Amputation > traumatic > shoulder > at shoulder joint
- Wound, open > genital organs, external > with amputation
- Amputation > traumatic > arm > between > shoulder and elbow > partial
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S48.11 | Complete traumatic amputation at level between shoulder and elbow | Not billable |