ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S50-S59 › S55.2 Injury of vein at forearm level › S55.21
Laceration of vein at forearm 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:
- S55.211 Laceration of vein at forearm level, right arm (also a header)
- S55.212 Laceration of vein at forearm level, left arm (also a header)
- S55.219 Laceration of vein at forearm 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 vein at forearm 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 S55 Injury of blood vessels at forearm level
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S55
Excludes2 - not included here
- injury of blood vessels at wrist and hand level (S65.-)
- injury of brachial vessels (S45.1-S45.2)
Code also
- any associated open wound (S51.-)
Inherited from the S50-S59 section Injuries to the elbow and forearm (S50-S59)
Excludes2 - not included here
- burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
- frostbite (T33-T34)
- injuries of wrist and hand (S60-S69)
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
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 > arm > lower
- Injury > arm > blood vessel
- Injury > hip > blood vessel
- Injury > interscapular area
- Injury > leg > blood vessel
- Injury > thigh > blood vessel
- Injury > forearm > blood vessel
- Injury > shoulder > blood vessel
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > thigh
- 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 > arm NEC > forearm
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > shoulder > specified NEC
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > forearm > vein > laceration
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S55.20 | Unspecified injury of vein at forearm level | Not billable |
| S55.29 | Other specified injury of vein at forearm level | Not billable |