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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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S50-S59
Injuries to the elbow and forearm
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S55-
Injury of blood vessels at forearm level
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2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S55.109A
2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S55.109A
Unspecified injury of radial artery at forearm level, unspecified arm, initial encounter
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Billable/Specific Code
- S55.109A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- Short description: Unsp injury of radial artery at forarm lv, unsp arm, init
- The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM S55.109A became effective on October 1, 2021.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S55.109A - other international versions of ICD-10 S55.109A may differ.
The following code(s) above
S55.109A 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
S55.109A:
- S00-T88
2022 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.-)
- S50-S59
2022 ICD-10-CM Range S50-S59
Injuries to the elbow and forearm
- S55
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S55
Injury of blood vessels at forearm level
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Code Also- any associated open wound (S51.-)
Type 2 Excludes- injury of blood vessels at wrist and hand level (S65.-)
- injury of brachial vessels (S45.1-S45.2)
- 913 Traumatic injury with mcc
- 914 Traumatic injury without mcc
- 963 Other multiple significant trauma with mcc
- 964 Other multiple significant trauma with cc
- 965 Other multiple significant trauma without cc/mcc
Convert S55.109A to ICD-9-CM
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
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S55.109A
S55.10 Unspecified injury of radial artery at forearm level
S55.101 Unspecified injury of radial artery at forearm level, right arm
S55.102 Unspecified injury of radial artery at forearm level, left arm
S55.109 Unspecified injury of radial artery at forearm level, unspecified arm
S55.109A
…… initial encounter
S55.11 Laceration of radial artery at forearm level
S55.111 Laceration of radial artery at forearm level, right arm
S55.112 Laceration of radial artery at forearm level, left arm
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
