912.9 - Other And Unspecified Superficial Injury Of Shoulder And Upper Arm, Infected
The ICD 9 Code for
Other and unspecified superficial injury of shoulder and upper arm, infected is listed as
912.9. 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: |
912.9 |
| Long Description: |
Other and unspecified superficial injury of shoulder and upper arm, infected |
| Short Description: |
Superf inj shldr NEC-inf |
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| Chapter: |
Injury And Poisoning |
| Block: |
Superficial Injury (910-919) |
| Related Descriptions: |
Superficial injury of axilla
Superficial injury of axilla with infection
Superficial injury of scapular region with infection
Superficial injury of shoulder and upper arm with infection
Superficial injury of shoulder with infection
Superficial injury of upper arm with infection
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| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): |
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| ICD-10-CM Code: |
Combination:
S40.919A - Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified shoulder, initial encounter
OR
S40.929A - Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified upper arm, initial encounter
with
L08.89 - Other specified local infections of the skin and subcutaneous tissue
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| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 912.9: |
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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 |
| 912.8 - Other and unspecified superficial injury of shoulder and upper arm, without mention of infection |
