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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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2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S55.211D
Laceration of vein at forearm level, right arm, subsequent encounter
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code POA Exempt
- S55.211D is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- Short description: Laceration of vein at forearm level, right arm, subs encntr
- The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM S55.211D became effective on October 1, 2019.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S55.211D - other international versions of ICD-10 S55.211D may differ.
The following code(s) above
S55.211D 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
S55.211D:
- S00-T88
2020 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 - S50-S59
2020 ICD-10-CM Range S50-S59
Injuries to the elbow and forearm
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 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)
Injury of blood vessels at forearm level
Present On AdmissionPOA Help
"Present On Admission" is defined as present at the time the order for inpatient admission occurs — conditions that develop during an outpatient encounter, including emergency department, observation, or outpatient surgery, are considered POA.
- S55.211D is considered exempt from POA reporting.
ICD-10-CM S55.211D is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v37.0):
- 949 Aftercare with cc/mcc
- 950 Aftercare without cc/mcc
Convert S55.211D 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
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S55.211D
S55.209 Unspecified injury of vein at forearm level, unspecified arm
S55.21 Laceration of vein at forearm level
S55.211 Laceration of vein at forearm level, right arm
S55.211D
…… subsequent encounter
S55.212 Laceration of vein at forearm level, left arm
S55.219 Laceration of vein at forearm level, unspecified arm
S55.29 Other specified injury of vein at forearm level
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.