ICD-10-CM Code S45.1
Injury of brachial artery
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code S45.1 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the three child codes of S45.1 that describes the diagnosis 'injury of brachial artery' in more detail.
- S45.1 Injury of brachial artery NON-BILLABLE
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- S45.111 Laceration of brachial artery, right side NON-BILLABLE
- S45.112 Laceration of brachial artery, left side NON-BILLABLE
- S45.119 Laceration of brachial artery, unspecified side NON-BILLABLE
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Possible requirement for an external cause code
Parent Code: S45 - Injury of blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level