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ICD-10-CM Current in FY 2027

S55.901

Unspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level, right arm

Release
FY 2027
Effective
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Hierarchy

Where S55.901 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.

  1. S55 Injury of blood vessels at forearm level
  2. S55.9 Injury of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level
  3. S55.90 Parent Unspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level
  4. S55.901 This code Unspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level, right arm

Official Coding Notes

Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.

Excludes2

injury of blood vessels at wrist and hand level ( S65 .-)

Inherited from S55 — Injury of blood vessels at forearm level

Excludes2

injury of brachial vessels (S45.1-S45.2)

Inherited from S55 — Injury of blood vessels at forearm level

Code Also

any associated open wound ( S51 .-)

Inherited from S55 — Injury of blood vessels at forearm level

7th Character

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

Inherited from S55 — Injury of blood vessels at forearm level

7th Character

A - initial encounter

Inherited from S55 — Injury of blood vessels at forearm level

7th Character

D - subsequent encounter

Inherited from S55 — Injury of blood vessels at forearm level

7th Character

S - sequela

Inherited from S55 — Injury of blood vessels at forearm level

More Specific Codes

3 codes under S55.901

Version History

How S55.901 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

    Unspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level, right arm

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Unspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at forearm level, right arm

Related Codes

Other codes under S55.90

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

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