Fracture of shaft of humerus
Requires 7th character
S42.3 requires a 7th character to be reported. Choose a complete code below.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Fracture of humerus NOS
- Fracture of upper arm NOS
Includes (from S42)
- injuries of axilla
- injuries of scapular region
- Note: Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
- Note: The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
- Note: A fracture not indicated as displaced or nondisplaced should be coded to displaced
- Note: A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- physeal fractures of upper end of humerus (S49.0-)
- physeal fractures of lower end of humerus (S49.1-)
- birth trauma (P10-P15) (from S42)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71) (from S42)
- burns and corrosions (T20-T32) (from S42)
- frostbite (T33-T34) (from S42)
- injuries of elbow (S50-S59) (from S42)
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4) (from S42)
- periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic shoulder joint (M97.3) (from S42)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
7th character
This code requires a 7th character (defined at S42). Use the placeholder "X" for missing positions.
| Character | Meaning |
|---|---|
| A | initial encounter for closed fracture |
| B | initial encounter for open fracture |
| D | subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing |
| G | subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing |
| K | subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion |
| P | subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion |
| S | sequela |
Also known as
- Fracture of humerus NOS
- Fracture of upper arm NOS
Parent code
- S42Fracture of shoulder and upper armNeeds 7th char
More specific codes S42.3
- S42.30Unspecified fracture of shaft of humerusNeeds 7th char
- S42.31Greenstick fracture of shaft of humerusNeeds 7th char
- S42.32Transverse fracture of shaft of humerusNeeds 7th char
- S42.33Oblique fracture of shaft of humerusNeeds 7th char
- S42.34Spiral fracture of shaft of humerusNeeds 7th char
- S42.35Comminuted fracture of shaft of humerusNeeds 7th char
- S42.36Segmental fracture of shaft of humerusNeeds 7th char
- S42.39Other fracture of shaft of humerusNeeds 7th char