ICD-10 diagnosis code
S45.9 Injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level
S45.9 is the ICD-10 code for Injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level. It is a four-character subcategory of S45 (Injury of blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level), the most specific level in the WHO edition. It belongs to the block S40–S49 (Injuries to the shoulder and upper arm) in Chapter XIX, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
- Code type
- Subcategory (4 characters)
- Chapter
- XIX · S00–T98
- Classification
- WHO ICD-10, 2019 version
S45.9 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
S45.9Skada på ospecificerat blodkärl på skulder- och överarmsnivå
S45.9Skade på uspesifisert blodkar i skulder- eller overarmsregion
DS459Læsion af blodkar i skulderregion eller overarm UNS
S45.9Määrittämättömän verisuonen vamma hartianseudun ja/tai olkavarren alueella
S45.9Verletzung eines nicht näher bezeichneten Blutgefäßes in Höhe der Schulter und des Oberarmes
S45.9Lésion traumatique d'un vaisseau sanguin non précisé, au niveau de l'épaule et du
S45.9letsel van niet-gespecificeerd bloedvat ter hoogte van schouder en
Listed through more specific codes:
- S45.901AUnspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level, right arm, initial encounter
- S45.901DUnspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level, right arm, subsequent encounter
- S45.901SUnspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level, right arm, sequela
- S45.902AUnspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level, left arm, initial encounter
- S45.902DUnspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level, left arm, subsequent encounter
- S45.902SUnspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level, left arm, sequela
- S45.909AUnspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm, initial encounter
- S45.909DUnspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter
- and 19 more national subcodes
Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.
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