S46

Non-billable

Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at shoulder and upper arm level

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Coding Guidance

S46 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.

Additional Information

From parent codes: S00-T88 (Chapter 19)

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S00-T88

Excludes1 means 'NOT CODED HERE!' An Excludes1 note indicates mutually exclusive codes: two conditions that cannot be reported together.

birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Use Additional CodeFrom S00-T88

The 'use additional code' note instructs that a secondary code should be added to provide more detail.

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

More Specific Codes (6)

S46.0Injury of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of the rotator cuff of shoulderCategory→S46.1Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of long head of bicepsCategory→S46.2Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of other parts of bicepsCategory→S46.3Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of tricepsCategory→S46.8Injury of other muscles, fascia and tendons at shoulder and upper arm levelCategory→S46.9Injury of unspecified muscle, fascia and tendon at shoulder and upper arm levelCategory→

Chapter Information

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Range: S00-T88

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Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for S46

Injury of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of the rotator cuff of shoulder

S46.0›

Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of long head of biceps

S46.1›

Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of other parts of biceps

S46.2›

Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of triceps

S46.3›

Injury of other muscles, fascia and tendons at shoulder and upper arm level

S46.8›

Injury of unspecified muscle, fascia and tendon at shoulder and upper arm level

S46.9›