S45.8

S45.8: Injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S45.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level. 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 S45

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S45.8

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

Written on S45: Injury of blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level

injury of subclavian artery (S25.1)
injury of subclavian vein (S25.3)

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead S45.8

3 child codes. Green means billable.