2025
ICD-10-CM
Diagnosis
Code

S55 Injury of blood vessels at forearm level

  • Non-billable
  • 2016–2025

S55 is a non-billable/non-specific diagnosis code from the 2025 ICD-10-CM used to classify the following condition: Injury of blood vessels at forearm level.

Code also

  • Any associated open wound (S51.-)

Type 2 excludes

  • Injury of blood vessels at wrist and hand level (S65.-)

  • Injury of brachial vessels (S45.1-S45.2)

Seventh character note

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S55

Seventh character extensions

  • A: initial encounter

  • D: subsequent encounter

  • S: sequela

Codes

Versions

  1. 2025

    No changes

  2. 2024

    No changes

  3. 2023

    No changes

  4. 2022

    No changes

  5. 2021

    No changes

  6. 2020

    No changes

  7. 2019

    No changes

  8. 2018

    No changes

  9. 2017

    No changes

  10. 2016

    New code