S40.27Other superficial bite of shoulder

S40.27 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other superficial bite of shoulder. It belongs to category S40 (superficial injury of shoulder and upper arm), block S40-S49 (injuries to the shoulder and upper arm) and chapter 19 (injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within S40.2, choose S40.27 (Other superficial bite of shoulder) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: abrasion of shoulder (S40.21), Blister (nonthermal) of shoulder (S40.22), external constriction of shoulder (S40.24), superficial foreign body of shoulder (S40.25) and insect bite (nonvenomous) of shoulder (S40.26).

Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter, D for subsequent encounter and S for sequela. Use placeholder "X" characters to fill any empty positions before the 7th character.

Don't report S40.27 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: open bite of shoulder (S41.05).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.