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S42.202A
Billable

Unspecified fracture of upper end of left humerus (initial encounter for closed fracture)

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Billable Code

S42.202A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Referenced in Diagnoses

Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation

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fracture left humerus
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Fracture of the Left Humerus

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fracture of left humerus
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Fracture of Left Humerus

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humerus fracture
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Fracture of the Humerus

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left humeral fracture
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Fracture of left humerus

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left humerus fracture
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Fracture of the left humerus

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left humerus pain
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Pain in Left Upper Arm

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left shoulder fracture
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Fracture of Upper End of Humerus, Left

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Inclusion Terms

1 item

From S42.2:

  • Fracture of proximal end of humerus

Excludes1

3 items

From S00-T88:

From S42:

  • traumatic amputation of shoulder and upper arm (S48.-)

Excludes2

3 items

From S42:

  • periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic shoulder joint (M97.3)

From S42.2:

  • fracture of shaft of humerus (S42.3-)
  • physeal fracture of upper end of humerus (S49.0-)

Use Additional Code

1 item

From S00-T88:

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

Notes

2 items

From S42:

  • A fracture not indicated as displaced or nondisplaced should be coded to displaced
  • A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed

7th Character Notes

8 items

From S42:

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to all codes from category S42
  • A: initial encounter for closed fracture
  • B: initial encounter for open fracture
  • D: subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
  • G: subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
  • K: subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
  • P: subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
  • S: sequela
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