Diagnosis Code: 959.2

Short Description: Shldr/upper arm inj NOS

Long Description: Shoulder and upper arm injury

Code Classification:

• Injury and poisoning (800–999)
  • Certain traumatic complications and unspecified injuries (958-959)
    • 959 Injury, other and unspecified
      • 959.2 Shldr/upper arm inj NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Synonyms

• Clavicle injury
• Compartment syndrome of upper arm
• Compartment syndrome of upper limb
• Foreign body left in shoulder
• Injury of axilla
• Injury of humerus
• Injury of multiple muscles and tendons at shoulder and upper arm level
• Injury of scapular region
• Injury of shoulder and upper arm
• Injury of shoulder region
• Injury of superior glenoid labrum of shoulder joint
• Injury of upper arm
• Massive multi tissue damage upper arm
• Metal foreign body in axilla
• Metal foreign body in shoulder
• Metal foreign body in upper arm
• Metal foreign body in upper limb
• Pellet wound of axilla
• Pellet wound of shoulder
• Pellet wound of upper arm
• Pellet wound of upper limb
• Severe multi tissue damage upper arm
• Superficial injury of shoulder and upper arm
• Traumatic division of tendon of upper limb

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 959.2 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Injury 959.9
  • arm, upper (and shoulder) 959.2
  • axilla 959.2
  • scapular region 959.2
  • shoulder (and upper arm) 959.2

Crosswalk Information

The code 959.2 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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