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ICD-10-CM Codes
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S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
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S40-S49
Injuries to the shoulder and upper arm
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S40-
Superficial injury of shoulder and upper arm
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S40
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S40
Superficial injury of shoulder and upper arm
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- S40 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S40 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S40 - other international versions of ICD-10 S40 may differ.
The following code(s) above
S40 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
S40:
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S40
S39.93 Unspecified injury of pelvis
S39.94 Unspecified injury of external genitals
S40
Superficial injury of shoulder and upper arm
S40.0 Contusion of shoulder and upper arm
S40.011 Contusion of right shoulder
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.