903.8 INJURY ARM VESSELS NEC


Code Information

Diagnosis Code: 903.8

Short Description: Injury arm vessels NEC

Long Description: Injury to other specified blood vessels of upper extremity

Code Classification:

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Injury to blood vessels (900-904)
      • 903 Injury to blood vessels of upper extremity
        • 903.8 Injury arm vessels NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM


Synonyms

  • Injury of artery of hand
  • Injury of blood vessels at forearm level
  • Injury of deep palmar arch
  • Injury of digital artery of hand
  • Injury of multiple blood vessels at forearm level
  • Injury of multiple blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level
  • Injury of superficial vein at shoulder and upper arm level
  • Injury of vein at forearm level
  • Injury of vein of upper limb
  • Multiple blood vessel injury of upper extremity

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 903.8 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries
  • Injury 959.9
    • blood vessel NEC 904.9
      • extremity
        • upper 903.9
          • multiple 903.8
          • specified NEC 903.8

Crosswalk Information

The code 903.8 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):
ICD-9 Code ICD-10 Code ICD-10 Description
903.8 Right Arrow S45.809A Unsp injury of blood vessels at shldr/up arm, unsp arm, init
S55.809A Unsp injury of blood vessels at forarm lv, unsp arm, init
S65.809A Unsp injury of blood vessels at wrs/hnd lv of unsp arm, init
This ICD-9 to ICD-10 data is based on the 2018 General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) files published by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) for informational purposes only. The data is not an ICD-10 conversion tool and doesn’t guarantee clinical accuracy.

Similar Codes

ICD-9 Code ICD-9 Description
903.00 Injury to axillary vessel(s), unspecified
903.01 Injury to axillary artery
903.02 Injury to axillary vein
903.1 Injury to brachial blood vessels
903.2 Injury to radial blood vessels
903.3 Injury to ulnar blood vessels
903.4 Injury to palmar artery
903.5 Injury to digital blood vessels
903.9 Injury to unspecified blood vessel of upper extremity


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