Question: What diagnosis should I report for a biceps tear? I haven't found it in ICD-9's index. Maine Subscriber Answer: "Rupture" is a tearing or disruption of tissue. People often use the terms "rupture" and "tear" interchangeably, so look under "Rupture, tendon, biceps" in the ICD-9 index instead of "Tear." You'll find three options for a biceps tear: 840.8 (Sprains and strains of shoulder and upper arm; other specified sites of shoulder and upper arm), 840.9 (... unspecified site of shoulder and upper arm) and 727.62 (Rupture of tendon, nontraumatic; tendons of biceps [long head]).