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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 S40.252
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S40.252
Superficial foreign body of left shoulder
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- S40.252 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 S40.252 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S40.252 - other international versions of ICD-10 S40.252 may differ.
The following code(s) above
S40.252 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
S40.252:
- S00-T88
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causesNote- Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
Use Additional- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes - S40-S49
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S40-S49
Injuries to the shoulder and upper armIncludes- injuries of axilla
- injuries of scapular region
Injuries to the shoulder and upper arm - S40.25
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S40.25
Superficial foreign body of shoulder
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Superficial foreign body of shoulder
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 S40.252
S40.249 External constriction of unspecified shoulder
S40.25 Superficial foreign body of shoulder
S40.251 Superficial foreign body of right shoulder
S40.252
Superficial foreign body of left shoulder
S40.259 Superficial foreign body of unspecified shoulder
S40.26 Insect bite (nonvenomous) of shoulder
S40.261 Insect bite (nonvenomous) of right shoulder
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.