Injury of blood vessels at forearm level - S55
Excludes2: This note means that the conditions described by two codes are not usually associated with each other but can sometimes occur together.
Type 2 Excludes:
- injury of blood vessels at wrist and hand level (S65.-)
- injury of brachial vessels (S45.1-S45.2)
Code Also: It indicates that an additional code should be used alongside the primary code to capture related factors or associated conditions.
Category codeAlso:
- any associated open wound (S51.-)
The seventh character in ICD-10-CM is an essential component that adds specificity to diagnosis codes by indicating aspects like the encounter type, stage, or other relevant clinical details.
Category SevenChr Note:
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S55
These ranges represents subcategories of Injury of blood vessels at forearm level. The "S55" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.
Codes:
- S55.0 - Injury of ulnar artery at forearm level
- S55.00 - Unspecified injury of ulnar artery at forearm level
- S55.001 - Unspecified injury of ulnar artery at forearm level, right arm
- S55.002 - Unspecified injury of ulnar artery at forearm level, left arm
- S55.009 - Unspecified injury of ulnar artery at forearm level, unspecified arm
- S55.01 - Laceration of ulnar artery at forearm level
- S55.011 - Laceration of ulnar artery at forearm level, right arm
- S55.012 - Laceration of ulnar artery at forearm level, left arm
- S55.019 - Laceration of ulnar artery at forearm level, unspecified arm
- S55.09 - Other specified injury of ulnar artery at forearm level
- S55.091 - Other specified injury of ulnar artery at forearm level, right arm
- S55.092 - Other specified injury of ulnar artery at forearm level, left arm
- S55.099 - Other specified injury of ulnar artery at forearm level, unspecified arm
- S55.1 - Injury of radial artery at forearm level
- S55.10 - Unspecified injury of radial artery at forearm level
- S55.101 - Unspecified injury of radial artery at forearm level, right arm
- S55.102 - Unspecified injury of radial artery at forearm level, left arm
- S55.109 - Unspecified injury of radial artery at forearm level, unspecified arm
- S55.11 - Laceration of radial artery at forearm level
- S55.111 - Laceration of radial artery at forearm level, right arm
- S55.112 - Laceration of radial artery at forearm level, left arm
- S55.119 - Laceration of radial artery at forearm level, unspecified arm
- S55.19 - Other specified injury of radial artery at forearm level
- S55.191 - Other specified injury of radial artery at forearm level, right arm
- S55.192 - Other specified injury of radial artery at forearm level, left arm
- S55.199 - Other specified injury of radial artery at forearm level, unspecified arm
- S55.2 - Injury of vein at forearm level
- S55.20 - Unspecified injury of vein at forearm level
- S55.201 - Unspecified injury of vein at forearm level, right arm
- S55.202 - Unspecified injury of vein at forearm level, left arm
- S55.209 - Unspecified injury of vein at forearm level, unspecified arm
- S55.21 - Laceration of vein at forearm level
- S55.211 - Laceration of vein at forearm level, right arm
- S55.212 - Laceration of vein at forearm level, left arm
- S55.219 - Laceration of vein at forearm level, unspecified arm
- S55.29 - Other specified injury of vein at forearm level
- S55.291 - Other specified injury of vein at forearm level, right arm
- S55.292 - Other specified injury of vein at forearm level, left arm
- S55.299 - Other specified injury of vein at forearm level, unspecified arm
- S55.8 - Injury of other blood vessels at forearm level
- S55.80 - Unspecified injury of other blood vessels at forearm level
- S55.801 - Unspecified injury of other blood vessels at forearm level, right arm
- S55.802 - Unspecified injury of other blood vessels at forearm level, left arm
- S55.809 - Unspecified injury of other blood vessels at forearm level, unspecified arm
- S55.81 - Laceration of other blood vessels at forearm level
- S55.811 - Laceration of other blood vessels at forearm level, right arm
- S55.812 - Laceration of other blood vessels at forearm level, left arm
- S55.819 - Laceration of other blood vessels at forearm level, unspecified arm
- S55.89 - Other specified injury of other blood vessels at forearm level
- S55.891 - Other specified injury of other blood vessels at forearm level, right arm
- S55.892 - Other specified injury of other blood vessels at forearm level, left arm
- S55.899 - Other specified injury of other blood vessels at forearm level, unspecified arm
- S55.9 - Injury of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level
- S55.90 - Unspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level
- S55.901 - Unspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level, right arm
- S55.902 - Unspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level, left arm
- S55.909 - Unspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level, unspecified arm
- S55.91 - Laceration of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level
- S55.911 - Laceration of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level, right arm
- S55.912 - Laceration of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level, left arm
- S55.919 - Laceration of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level, unspecified arm
- S55.99 - Other specified injury of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level
- S55.991 - Other specified injury of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level, right arm
- S55.992 - Other specified injury of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level, left arm
- S55.999 - Other specified injury of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level, unspecified arm