S45.29 Other specified injury of axillary or brachial vein

Non-billable header with 3 child codes.

Applies from S45 Injury of blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level

Excludes2 (not included here)

• injury of subclavian artery (S25.1)
• injury of subclavian vein (S25.3)

Code also

• any associated open wound (S41.-)

7th character note

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S45

7th character required

• A — initial encounter
• D — subsequent encounter
• S — sequela

Codes under S45.29

• S45.291 Other specified injury of axillary or brachial vein, right side
• S45.292 Other specified injury of axillary or brachial vein, left side
• S45.299 Other specified injury of axillary or brachial vein, unspecified side

Code annotations containing back-references to S45.29

Back-references to S45.2

• Type 2 Excludes: S55 Injury of blood vessels at forearm level ("injury of brachial vessels (S45.1-S45.2)")

Diagnosis Index entries for S45.29

• Injury › blood vessel NEC › axillary › vein › specified type NEC
• Injury › blood vessel NEC › brachial › vein › specified type NEC

Nearby codes

• S45.212S Laceration of axillary or brachial vein, left side, sequela
• S45.219 Laceration of axillary or brachial vein, unspecified side
• S45.219A Laceration of axillary or brachial vein, unspecified side, initial encounter
• S45.219D Laceration of axillary or brachial vein, unspecified side, subsequent encounter
• S45.219S Laceration of axillary or brachial vein, unspecified side, sequela
• S45.29 Other specified injury of axillary or brachial vein (this code)
• S45.291 Other specified injury of axillary or brachial vein, right side
• S45.291A Other specified injury of axillary or brachial vein, right side, initial encounter
• S45.291D Other specified injury of axillary or brachial vein, right side, subsequent encounter
• S45.291S Other specified injury of axillary or brachial vein, right side, sequela
• S45.292 Other specified injury of axillary or brachial vein, left side