2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 912.8
Other and unspecified superficial injury of shoulder and upper arm, without mention of infection
- 2015
- Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
- Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
- ICD-9-CM 912.8 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 912.8 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
Convert to ICD-10-CM:
912.8 converts approximately to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S40.919A Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified shoulder, initial encounter
Or:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S40.929A Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified upper arm, initial encounter
Approximate Synonyms
- Multiple superficial injuries of shoulder and upper arm
- Scratch of axilla
- Scratch of shoulder
- Scratch of upper arm
- Superficial injury of axilla without infection
- Superficial injury of left axilla
- Superficial injury of left shoulder
- Superficial injury of left upper arm
- Superficial injury of right axilla
- Superficial injury of right shoulder
- Superficial injury of right upper arm
- Superficial injury of scapular region without infection
- Superficial injury of shoulder
- Superficial injury of shoulder without infection
- Superficial injury of upper arm without infection
- Superficial injury of upper limb
