S41.042

S41.042: Puncture wound with foreign body of left shoulder

Non-billable headerICD-10-CMleft

S41.042 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for puncture wound with foreign body of left shoulder. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.

This code requires a 7th character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S41

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S41.042

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on S41: Open wound of shoulder and upper arm

traumatic amputation of shoulder and upper arm (S48.-)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S41.042

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on S41: Open wound of shoulder and upper arm

open fracture of shoulder and upper arm (S42.- with 7th character B or C)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Puncture›shoulder›left›with foreign body

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead S41.042

3 child codes. Green means billable.