S55.802

S55.802: Unspecified injury of other blood vessels at forearm level, left arm

Non-billable headerICD-10-CMleft

S55.802 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified injury of other blood vessels at forearm level, left 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 S55

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S55.802

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

Written on S55: Injury of blood vessels at forearm level

injury of blood vessels at wrist and hand level (S65.-)
injury of brachial vessels (S45.1-S45.2)

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 S55.802

3 child codes. Green means billable.