S49.09Other physeal fracture of upper end of humerus

S49.09 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other physeal fracture of upper end of humerus. It belongs to category S49 (other and unspecified injuries 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 S49.0, choose S49.09 (Other physeal fracture of upper end of humerus) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: unspecified physeal fracture of upper end of humerus (S49.00), Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of humerus (S49.01), Salter-Harris Type II physeal fracture of upper end of humerus (S49.02), Salter-Harris Type III physeal fracture of upper end of humerus (S49.03) and Salter-Harris Type IV physeal fracture of upper end of humerus (S49.04).

Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter for closed fracture, D for subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing, G for subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing, K for subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion, P for subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion 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.