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S41.149D

Puncture wound with foreign body of unspecified upper arm, subsequent encounter

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 2 more specific codes sit alongside it. Worth checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 8 never code together
S41code
Excludes1
  • traumatic amputation of shoulder and upper arm (S48.-)S48.-
Excludes2
  • open fracture of shoulder and upper arm (S42.- with 7th character B or C)S42.-
S40-S49block
Excludes2
  • burns and corrosions (T20-T32)T20-T32
  • frostbite (T33-T34)T33-T34
  • injuries of elbow (S50-S59)S50-S59
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)T63.4
S00-T88chapter
Excludes2

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

7th character 3
A initial encounter
D subsequent encounter this code
S sequela
Instructional notes 6
S41code
Code also
  • any associated wound infection
S40-S49block
Includes
  • injuries of axilla
  • injuries of scapular region
S00-T88chapter
Notes
  • Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
  • The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
Use additional code
  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)Z18.-
Index entries leading here 1 filed at S41.149

The index files this at S41.149. The tabular extends it — laterality, staging, or the 7th character — so these entries lead to the family rather than to S41.149D exactly.

Alongside this code 2 same parent — S41.149
S41.149A Puncture wound w foreign body of unsp upper arm, init encntr S41.149S Puncture wound with foreign body of unsp upper arm, sequela
Additional references
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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.

Risk adjustment

Maps to no condition category in any loaded model.

Presence is a property of the code. Untick a model to hide it everywhere.

This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
S41.149
Block
S40-S49
Siblings
2

Present FY2024–FY2027.