Diagnosis Code: 840.4

Short Description: Sprain rotator cuff

Long Description: Rotator cuff (capsule) sprain

Code Classification:

• Injury and poisoning (800–999)
  • Sprains and strains of joints and adjacent muscles (840-848)
    • 840 Sprains and strains of shoulder and upper arm
      • 840.4 Sprain rotator cuff

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 840.4 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Derangement
  • rotator cuff (recurrent) (tear) 726.10
    • current 840.4

• Rupture, ruptured 553.9
  • musculotendinous cuff (nontraumatic) (shoulder) 840.4
  • rotator cuff (capsule) (traumatic) 840.4
    • nontraumatic (complete) 727.61
      • partial 726.13
  • tendon (traumatic) - see also Sprain, by site
    • rotator cuff (capsule) 840.4
      • nontraumatic (complete) 727.61
        • partial 726.13

• Sprain, strain (joint) (ligament) (muscle) (tendon) 848.9
  • rotator cuff (capsule) 840.4

• Tear, torn (traumatic) - see also Wound, open, by site
  • rotator cuff� (traumatic) 840.4
    • current injury 840.4
    • degenerative 726.10
    • nontraumatic (complete) 727.61
      • partial 726.13

Crosswalk Information

The code 840.4 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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This page was last updated on: 10/1/2014

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