S55
Injury of blood vessels at forearm level
- Release
- FY 2027
- Effective
Official Coding Notes
Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files.
Excludes2
injury of blood vessels at wrist and hand level ( S65 .-)
Excludes2
injury of brachial vessels (S45.1-S45.2)
Code Also
any associated open wound ( S51 .-)
7th Character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S55
7th Character
A - initial encounter
7th Character
D - subsequent encounter
7th Character
S - sequela
More Specific Codes
5 codes under S55
- S55.0 Injury of ulnar artery at forearm level Has subcodes
- S55.1 Injury of radial artery at forearm level Has subcodes
- S55.2 Injury of vein at forearm level Has subcodes
- S55.8 Injury of other blood vessels at forearm level Has subcodes
- S55.9 Injury of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level Has subcodes
Version History
How S55 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.
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FY 2027 Effective
CurrentInjury of blood vessels at forearm level
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FY 2026 Effective
UnchangedInjury of blood vessels at forearm level
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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