S46
Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at shoulder and upper arm level
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 8 never code together
7th character 3
A initial encounter
D subsequent encounter
S sequela
Instructional notes 6
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 6
S46.0 Injury of musc/tend the rotator cuff of shoulder S46.1 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of long head of biceps S46.2 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of other parts of biceps S46.3 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of triceps S46.8 Injury of musc/fasc/tend at shoulder and upper arm level S46.9 Injury of unsp muscle, fascia and tendon at shldr/up arm
Medications 2
2 Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury drugs 1 Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury, Chronic drugs
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