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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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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S55.219
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S55.219
Laceration of vein at forearm level, unspecified arm
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- S55.219 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 S55.219 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S55.219 - other international versions of ICD-10 S55.219 may differ.
The following code(s) above
S55.219 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
S55.219:
- 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 - S50-S59
2021 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 2021 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
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 S55.219
S55.21 Laceration of vein at forearm level
S55.211 Laceration of vein at forearm level, right arm
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
S55.291 Other specified injury of vein at forearm level, right arm
S55.292 Other specified injury of vein 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.