Shoulder or upper arm, amputation, injury/trauma
| ICD10 Diagnosis | |
| Dx: | Shoulder or upper arm, amputation, injury/trauma |
| ICD10 code: | S48 |
| Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | Extremity - Fracture /Amp and vasc-POST OP, Extremity - Fracture /Amp and vasc-NON POST OP |
| Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
| APACHE Como Component: | none |
| APACHE Acute Component: | none |
| Start Date: | |
| Stop Date: | |
| Data Dependencies(Reports/Indicators/Data Elements): | No results |
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This diagnosis is a part of ICD10 collection.
Additional Info
- This is for coding a traumatic amputation --- i.e. the injury itself amputated the body part(s).
- It is not for coding a surgical amputation -- that is a surgical procedure coded with CCI.
Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition
- Wrist or hand or fingers, amputation, injury/trauma
- Forearm, amputation, injury/trauma
- Shoulder or upper arm, amputation, injury/trauma
- Upper limb (arm), level not specified/NOS, amputation, injury/trauma
Candidate Combined ICD10 codes
- Also code the mechanism of injury.
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