S42.255

The ICD-10-CM code for nondisplaced fracture of greater tuberosity of left humerus is S42.255. The full clinical description is "Nondisplaced fracture of greater tuberosity of left humerus". S42.255 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code S42.255 represents “Nondisplaced fracture of greater tuberosity of left 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, S42.255 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 7 child codes under S42.255.

S42.255 is in Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes S00-T88).

S42.255 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.-).

S42.255 has 7 child codes, including: S42.255A (Nondisp fx of greater tuberosity of left humerus, init), S42.255B (Nondisp fx of greater tuberosity of l humer, init for opn fx), S42.255D (Nondisp fx of greater tuberosity of l humer, 7thD), S42.255G (Nondisp fx of greater tuberosity of l humer, 7thG), and 3 more.

Yes, when using S42.255, also report: any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-).

S42.255 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C2841052. 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 S42.255 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.