S48.91Complete traumatic amputation of shoulder and upper arm, level unspecified

S48.91 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for complete traumatic amputation of shoulder and upper arm, level unspecified. 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 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within S48.9, choose S48.91 (Complete traumatic amputation of shoulder and upper arm, level unspecified) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: partial traumatic amputation of shoulder and upper arm, level unspecified (S48.92).

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.