S42.21

The ICD-10-CM code for unspecified fracture of surgical neck of humerus is S42.21. The full clinical description is "Unspecified fracture of surgical neck of humerus". S42.21 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code S42.21 represents “Unspecified fracture of surgical neck of humerus”. It is classified under Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes and is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

No, S42.21 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 6 child codes under S42.21.

S42.21 is in Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes S00-T88).

S42.21 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: birth trauma (P10-P15); obstetric trauma (O70-O71); traumatic amputation of shoulder and upper arm (S48.-).

S42.21 has 6 child codes, including: S42.211 (Unspecified disp fx of surgical neck of right humerus), S42.212 (Unspecified disp fx of surgical neck of left humerus), S42.213 (Unspecified disp fx of surgical neck of unspecified humerus), S42.214 (Unspecified nondisp fx of surgical neck of right humerus), and 2 more.

Yes, when using S42.21, also report: any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-).

S42.21 is linked to 2 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C0347787, C2840872. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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There is no direct ICD-11 mapping available for S42.21 in the WHO crosswalk tables. This may mean the concept is classified differently in ICD-11. Use the ICD-10 to ICD-11 converter to search for related codes.