S46 Non-Billable Code
Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at shoulder and upper arm level
Chapter Classification
Chapter 19
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Section Detail
S40-S49
Injuries to the shoulder and upper arm (S40-S49)
Coding Guidelines & Notes
codeAlso
- any associated open wound (S41.-)
excludes2
- injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at elbow (S56.-)
- sprain of joints and ligaments of shoulder girdle (S43.9)
sevenChrDef
- {'char': 'A', 'text': 'initial encounter'}
- {'char': 'D', 'text': 'subsequent encounter'}
- {'char': 'S', 'text': 'sequela'}
sevenChrNote
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S46
More Specific Diagnosis Codes
This code is not billable as it requires a higher level of specificity. Select a more specific code below.
- S46.0 - Injury of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of the rotator cuff of shoulder
- S46.1 - Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of long head of biceps
- S46.2 - Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of other parts of biceps
- S46.3 - Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of triceps
- S46.8 - Injury of other muscles, fascia and tendons at shoulder and upper arm level
- S46.9 - Injury of unspecified muscle, fascia and tendon at shoulder and upper arm level
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