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S45.802 vs S45.809

S45.802 (Unspecified injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, left arm) compared with S45.809 (Unspecified injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm), from the official CMS tabular data. S45.802 and S45.809 code the same condition on opposite sides. MedCoder-derived

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Laterality relationship

S45.802
Left
Unspecified injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, left arm
↔
S45.809
Unspecified
Unspecified injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm

Same condition; these differ only in which side is documented.

These codes share a category and title and differ only in the side affected. The documentation decides which applies, and a bilateral code is reported only where the code set provides one.

Source: ICD-10-CM tabular list (laterality variant derived from the code title)

Can these codes be reported together?

Same condition, opposite side. S45.802 and S45.809 name the same condition on opposite sides of the body.

Same category and title, differing only in which side is affected — the documentation decides which one applies, and a bilateral code is reported only where the code set provides one.

Side by side

S45.802Unspecified injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, left armS45.809Unspecified injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm
Billing statusNon-billable header

Report instead: S45.802A, S45.802D, S45.802S

Non-billable header

Report instead: S45.809A, S45.809D, S45.809S

ClassificationS00-T88 — Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88)S00-T88 — Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88)
DefinitionUnspecified injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, left arm is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (S45.802).Unspecified injury of other specified blood vessels at shoulder and upper arm level, unspecified arm is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (S45.809).
7th characterThe appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S45The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S45
Includes
injuries of axilla
injuries of scapular region
injuries of axilla
injuries of scapular region
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Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources