S46
Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at shoulder and upper arm level
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
Official Coding Notes
Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files.
Excludes2
injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at elbow ( S56 .-)
Excludes2
sprain of joints and ligaments of shoulder girdle ( S43.9 )
Code Also
any associated open wound ( S41 .-)
7th Character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S46
7th Character
A - initial encounter
7th Character
D - subsequent encounter
7th Character
S - sequela
More Specific Codes
6 codes under S46
- S46.0 Injury of muscle(s) and tendon(s) of the rotator cuff of shoulder Has subcodes
- S46.1 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of long head of biceps Has subcodes
- S46.2 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of other parts of biceps Has subcodes
- S46.3 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of triceps Has subcodes
- S46.8 Injury of other muscles, fascia and tendons at shoulder and upper arm level Has subcodes
- S46.9 Injury of unspecified muscle, fascia and tendon at shoulder and upper arm level Has subcodes
Version History
How S46 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.
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FY 2027 Effective
CurrentInjury of muscle, fascia and tendon at shoulder and upper arm level
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FY 2026 Effective
UnchangedInjury of muscle, fascia and tendon at shoulder and upper arm level
Related Codes
Codes whose official notes reference S46
Data Source
Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
- Source file
- icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip
Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)
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