Includes:

  • injuries of axilla
  • injuries of scapular region

Excludes2

  1. S45 Injury of blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level

    Excludes2

    • injury of subclavian artery (S25.1)
    • injury of subclavian vein (S25.3)

    The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S45

    • A - initial encounter
    • D - subsequent encounter
    • S - sequela
    1. S45.0 Injury of axillary artery

      1. S45.00 Unspecified injury of axillary artery

        • S45.001 Unspecified injury of axillary artery, right side
        • S45.002 Unspecified injury of axillary artery, left side
        • S45.009 Unspecified injury of axillary artery, unspecified side
      2. S45.01 Laceration of axillary artery

        • S45.011 Laceration of axillary artery, right side
        • S45.012 Laceration of axillary artery, left side
        • S45.019 Laceration of axillary artery, unspecified side
      3. S45.09 Other specified injury of axillary artery

        • S45.091 Other specified injury of axillary artery, right side
        • S45.092 Other specified injury of axillary artery, left side
        • S45.099 Other specified injury of axillary artery, unspecified side
    2. S45.1 Injury of brachial artery

      1. S45.10 Unspecified injury of brachial artery

        • S45.101 Unspecified injury of brachial artery, right side
        • S45.102 Unspecified injury of brachial artery, left side
        • S45.109 Unspecified injury of brachial artery, unspecified side
      2. S45.11 Laceration of brachial artery

        • S45.111 Laceration of brachial artery, right side
        • S45.112 Laceration of brachial artery, left side
        • S45.119 Laceration of brachial artery, unspecified side
      3. S45.19 Other specified injury of brachial artery

        • S45.191 Other specified injury of brachial artery, right side
        • S45.192 Other specified injury of brachial artery, left side
        • S45.199 Other specified injury of brachial artery, unspecified side
    3. S45.2 Injury of axillary or brachial vein

      1. S45.20 Unspecified injury of axillary or brachial vein

        • S45.201 Unspecified injury of axillary or brachial vein, right side
        • S45.202 Unspecified injury of axillary or brachial vein, left side
        • S45.209 Unspecified injury of axillary or brachial vein, unspecified side
      2. S45.21 Laceration of axillary or brachial vein

        • S45.211 Laceration of axillary or brachial vein, right side
        • S45.212 Laceration of axillary or brachial vein, left side
        • S45.219 Laceration of axillary or brachial vein, unspecified side
      3. S45.29 Other specified injury of axillary or brachial vein

        • S45.291 Other specified injury of axillary or brachial vein, right side
        • S45.292 Other specified injury of axillary or brachial vein, left side
        • S45.299 Other specified injury of axillary or brachial vein, unspecified side
    4. S45.3 Injury of superficial vein at shoulder and upper arm level

      1. S45.30 Unspecified injury of superficial vein at shoulder and upper arm level

        • S45.301 Unspecified injury of superficial vein at shoulder and upper arm level, right arm
        • S45.302 Unspecified injury of superficial vein at shoulder and upper arm level, left arm
        • S45.309 Unspecified injury of superficial vein at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm
      2. S45.31 Laceration of superficial vein at shoulder and upper arm level

        • S45.311 Laceration of superficial vein at shoulder and upper arm level, right arm
        • S45.312 Laceration of superficial vein at shoulder and upper arm level, left arm
        • S45.319 Laceration of superficial vein at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm
      3. S45.39 Other specified injury of superficial vein at shoulder and upper arm level

        • S45.391 Other specified injury of superficial vein at shoulder and upper arm level, right arm
        • S45.392 Other specified injury of superficial vein at shoulder and upper arm level, left arm
        • S45.399 Other specified injury of superficial vein at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm
    5. S45.8 Injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level

      1. S45.80 Unspecified injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level

        • S45.801 Unspecified injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, right arm
        • S45.802 Unspecified injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, left arm
        • S45.809 Unspecified injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm
      2. S45.81 Laceration of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level

        • S45.811 Laceration of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, right arm
        • S45.812 Laceration of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, left arm
        • S45.819 Laceration of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm
      3. S45.89 Other specified injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level

        • S45.891 Other specified injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, right arm
        • S45.892 Other specified injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, left arm
        • S45.899 Other specified injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm
    6. S45.9 Injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level

      1. S45.90 Unspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level

        • S45.901 Unspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level, right arm
        • S45.902 Unspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level, left arm
        • S45.909 Unspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm
      2. S45.91 Laceration of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level

        • S45.911 Laceration of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level, right arm
        • S45.912 Laceration of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level, left arm
        • S45.919 Laceration of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm
      3. S45.99 Other specified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level

        • S45.991 Other specified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level, right arm
        • S45.992 Other specified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level, left arm
        • S45.999 Other specified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm
Abbreviations used here:

NEC Not elsewhere classifiable
This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.

NOS Not otherwise specified
This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.