S40.249 is the authoritative medical code for External constriction of unspecified shoulder. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for external constriction of unspecified shoulder (ICD-10-CM S40.249), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: NO. This is a clinician non-billable / parent hierarchy grouping in the ICD-10-CM system.
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for S40.249 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Conditions the official ICD-10-CM tabular list includes under this code.
Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.
No. S40.249 (External constriction of unspecified shoulder) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code. A more specific billable subcode must be selected based on clinical documentation.
Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S40.
Per Excludes2 instructions, S40.249 and the following may both be reported when both are present: burns and corrosions (T20-T32); frostbite (T33-T34); injuries of elbow (S50-S59); insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4).
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as S40.249, with their registry titles.
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