2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S55.901

Unspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level, right arm

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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:

that may be applicable to S55.901:

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

S55.892A …… initial encounter

S55.892D …… subsequent encounter

S55.892S …… sequela

S55.899 Other specified injury of other blood vessels at forearm level, unspecified arm

S55.899A …… initial encounter

S55.899D …… subsequent encounter

S55.899S …… sequela

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

S55.901A …… initial encounter

S55.901D …… subsequent encounter

S55.901S …… sequela

S55.902 Unspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level, left arm

S55.902A …… initial encounter

S55.902D …… subsequent encounter

S55.902S …… sequela

S55.909 Unspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level, unspecified arm

S55.909A …… initial encounter

S55.909D …… subsequent encounter

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.