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S43

Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of shoulder girdle

Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 7 never code together
S43code
Excludes2
  • strain of muscle, fascia and tendon of shoulder and upper arm (S46.-)S46.-S46.-S46.-
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

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

7th character 3
A initial encounter
D subsequent encounter
S sequela
Instructional notes 13
S43code
Includes
  • avulsion of joint or ligament of shoulder girdle
  • laceration of cartilage, joint or ligament of shoulder girdle
  • sprain of cartilage, joint or ligament of shoulder girdle
  • traumatic hemarthrosis of joint or ligament of shoulder girdle
  • traumatic rupture of joint or ligament of shoulder girdle
  • traumatic subluxation of joint or ligament of shoulder girdle
  • traumatic tear of joint or ligament of shoulder girdle
Code also
  • any associated open wound
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 filed at null

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Subordinate codes 9
S43.0 Subluxation and dislocation of shoulder joint S43.1 Subluxation and dislocation of acromioclavicular joint S43.2 Subluxation and dislocation of sternoclavicular joint S43.3 Subluxation and disloc of and unsp parts of shoulder girdle S43.4 Sprain of shoulder joint S43.5 Sprain of acromioclavicular joint S43.6 Sprain of sternoclavicular joint S43.8 Sprain of other specified parts of shoulder girdle S43.9 Sprain of unspecified parts of shoulder girdle
Additional references
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This code

Billable
no
Code set
FY2026
Block
S40-S49
Subordinate
9

Present FY2024–FY2027.