| Billable | No — use a more specific child code |
| Chapter | Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) |
| Section | Injuries to the shoulder and upper arm (S40-S49) |
| Parent code | S42.3 — Fracture of shaft of humerus |
| A | initial encounter for closed fracture |
| D | subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing |
| G | subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing |
| K | subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion |
| P | subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion |
| S | sequela |