Kodex

Section

S42.30

Unspecified fracture of shaft of humerus

Hierarchy

S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- S40-S49 Injuries to the shoulder and upper arm (S40-S49)
  - S42 Fracture of shoulder and upper arm
    - S42.3 Fracture of shaft of humerus
      - S42.30 Unspecified fracture of shaft of humerus
        
        S42.301 Unspecified fracture of shaft of humerus, right arm
        
        S42.302 Unspecified fracture of shaft of humerus, left arm
        
        S42.309 Unspecified fracture of shaft of humerus, unspecified arm

Notes

A fracture not indicated as displaced or nondisplaced should be coded to displaced
A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed

Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Inclusion Terms

Fracture of humerus NOS
Fracture of upper arm NOS

Use Additional

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
- Z18 Retained foreign body fragments

Includes

injuries of axilla
injuries of scapular region

Excludes 1

S48 Traumatic amputation of shoulder and upper arm

P10-P15 Birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Excludes 2

physeal fractures of upper end of humerus (S49.0-)
- S49.0 Physeal fracture of upper end of humerus
physeal fractures of lower end of humerus (S49.1-)
- S49.1 Physeal fracture of lower end of humerus

M97.3 Periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic shoulder joint

T20-T32 Burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
T33-T34 Frostbite (T33-T34)
injuries of elbow (S50-S59)
- S50-S59 Injuries to the elbow and forearm (S50-S59)
insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
- T63.4 Toxic effect of venom of other arthropods