S42.201A — Unspecified fracture of upper end of right humerus, initial encounter for closed fracture

S42.201A

What this code means

A fracture of the upper end of the right humerus (the arm bone near the shoulder), closed, at the first encounter; type unspecified.

Also called: right humerus fracture, proximal humerus fracture.

When this code is used

Used for unspecified fracture of upper end of right humerus, initial encounter for closed fracture.

Where it sits in ICD-10-CM

Code S42.201A belongs to Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes, which covers codes S00–T88 in the FY2027 ICD-10-CM tabular list. The official description above is copied verbatim from the CDC/NCHS FY2027 code file.

Related symptoms

• Shoulder pain

Related anatomy

• Shoulder Joint

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More codes in Chapter 19

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