S41.05Open bite of shoulder

S41.05 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for open bite of shoulder. It belongs to category S41 (open wound 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 S41.0 (open wound of shoulder), S41.05 is specifically for open bite of shoulder. Related codes cover unspecified open wound of shoulder (S41.00), laceration without foreign body of shoulder (S41.01), laceration with foreign body of shoulder (S41.02), puncture wound without foreign body of shoulder (S41.03) and puncture wound with foreign body of shoulder (S41.04).

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 S41.05 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: superficial bite of shoulder (S40.27).

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