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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 S55.901
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S55.901
Unspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level, right arm
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- S55.901 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- Short description: Unsp injury of unsp blood vessel at forearm level, right arm
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S55.901 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S55.901 - other international versions of ICD-10 S55.901 may differ.
The following code(s) above
S55.901 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
S55.901:
- 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 S55.901
S55.892 Other specified injury of other blood vessels at forearm level, left arm
S55.899 Other specified injury of other blood vessels at forearm level, unspecified arm
S55.9 Injury of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level
S55.90 Unspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level
S55.901
Unspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level, right arm
S55.902 Unspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level, left arm
S55.909 Unspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level, unspecified arm
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.