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ICD-10-CM Code for Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of long head of biceps S46.1

ICD-10 code S46.1 for Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of long head of biceps is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes .

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Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of long head of biceps

S46

Excludes2: injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at elbow (S56.-)
sprain of joints and ligaments of shoulder girdle (S43.9)

Code also: any associated open wound (S41.-)

 
S46.1 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of long head of biceps
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Unspecified injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of long head of biceps
Child Code
Strain of muscle, fascia and tendon of long head of biceps
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Laceration of muscle, fascia and tendon of long head of biceps
Child Code
Other injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of long head of biceps

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Z Codes
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Biceps reconstruction
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Additional Work-up and MDM question.
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Icd 10 code for bicep tendon tear
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Icd 10 code for bicep tendon tear
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Triceps Defect Repair
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Practicode Help??
Susannah - for #22, you should have: 23412 RT 1 S46.211A M75.121 29824 RT 1 S46.211A M75.121 29826 59-RT 1 S46.211A M75.121 On the answer key, anything you have wr... [ Read More ]
Office Visit and Injection
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CANPC Anesthesiology coding essentials book 62 p. (46-60)
CANPC Anesthesiology coding essentials for successful anesthesiology coding by Vino C. Mody Jr., M.D., COC, CPC, CCS-P, CANPC, CCVTC Case 46 Anesthesiologist provided the general endotracheal anesthes... [ Read More ]
Trying to assign the correct code for a Left distal biceps tear...
Trying to get some feedback on the appropriate code to use between S46.212A (strain of muscle, fascia and tendon of biceps) vs S46.292A (Other injury of muscle, fascia and tendon of other parts of bic... [ Read More ]
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