S45.899A Other specified injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm, initial encounter

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Built from S45.899 with 7th character A (initial encounter).

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

Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))

• Unspecified code (laterality): Unspecified codes for which a more specific code identifying laterality (right, left, bilateral) exists within the same code family.

Nearby codes

• S45.892 Other specified injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, left arm
• S45.892A Other specified injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, left arm, initial encounter
• S45.892D Other specified injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, left arm, subsequent encounter
• S45.892S Other specified injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, left arm, sequela
• S45.899 Other specified injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm
• S45.899A Other specified injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm, initial encounter (this code)
• S45.899D Other specified injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter
• S45.899S Other specified injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm, sequela
• S45.9 Injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level
• S45.90 Unspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level
• S45.901 Unspecified injury of unspecified blood vessel at shoulder and upper arm level, right arm