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S55Injury of blood vessels at forearm level

ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Injuries to the elbow and forearm (S50-S59)

Code Details

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 elbow and forearm (S50-S59)

Valid 7th Characters

A	initial encounter
D	subsequent encounter
S	sequela

Coding Notes

Excludes2 (not part of this condition — may code both)

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

Code Also

any associated open wound (S51.-)

7th Character Note

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S55

Subcategories (5)

S55.0 Injury of ulnar artery at forearm level
S55.1 Injury of radial artery at forearm level
S55.2 Injury of vein at forearm level
S55.8 Injury of other blood vessels at forearm level
S55.9 Injury of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level

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