S45.901
S45.901 — Unspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level, right arm
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMright
S45.901 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level, right arm. 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
Risk adjustment
S45.901 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead S45.901
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- S45.901AUnspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level, right arm, initial encounter
- S45.901DUnspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level, right arm, subsequent encounter
- S45.901SUnspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level, right arm, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S45.90. If S45.901 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about S45.901
- Is S45.901 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S45.901 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S45.901 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Injuries to the shoulder and upper arm (S40-S49).