912.8 - Other And Unspecified Superficial Injury Of Shoulder And Upper Arm, Without Mention Of Infection
The ICD 9 Code for
Other and unspecified superficial injury of shoulder and upper arm, without mention of infection is listed as
912.8. Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
| ICD 9 CM Field |
Value |
| Diagnosis Code: |
912.8 |
| Long Description: |
Other and unspecified superficial injury of shoulder and upper arm, without mention of infection |
| Short Description: |
Superf inj shldr/arm NEC |
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| Chapter: |
Injury And Poisoning |
| Block: |
Superficial Injury (910-919) |
| Related Descriptions: |
Multiple superficial injuries of shoulder and upper arm
Scratch of axilla
Scratch of shoulder
Scratch of upper arm
Superficial frostbite of upper arm
Superficial frostbite of upper limb
Superficial injury of axilla without infection
Superficial injury of scapular region without infection
Superficial injury of shoulder
Superficial injury of shoulder without infection
Superficial injury of upper arm without infection
Superficial injury of upper limb
Superficial laceration of shoulder
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| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): |
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| ICD-10-CM Code: |
S40.919A - Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified shoulder, initial encounter (approximate) |
| ICD-10-CM Code: |
S40.929A - Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified upper arm, initial encounter (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 912.8: |
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| 912.0 - Abrasion or friction burn of shoulder and upper arm, without mention of infection |
| 912.1 - Abrasion or friction burn of shoulder and upper arm, infected |
| 912.2 - Blister of shoulder and upper arm, without mention of infection |
| 912.3 - Blister of shoulder and upper arm, infected |
| 912.4 - Insect bite, nonvenomous of shoulder and upper arm, without mention of infection |
| 912.5 - Insect bite, nonvenomous of shoulder and upper arm, infected |
| 912.6 - Superficial foreign body (splinter) of shoulder and upper arm, without major open wound and without mention of infection |
| 912.7 - Superficial foreign body (splinter) of shoulder and upper arm, without major open wound, infected |
| 912.9 - Other and unspecified superficial injury of shoulder and upper arm, infected |
