S48.0Traumatic amputation at shoulder joint

S48.0 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for traumatic amputation at shoulder joint. It belongs to category S48 (traumatic amputation 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 2 subcodes must be used instead.

Within S48 (traumatic amputation of shoulder and upper arm), S48.0 is specifically for traumatic amputation at shoulder joint. Related codes cover at level between shoulder and elbow (S48.1) and level unspecified (S48.9).

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.

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