Scope Health
Scope Health
Back to Scope Health

S40.27

Other superficial bite of shoulder

Non-billableCategory

Code Hierarchy

S40S40.2S40.27

Chapter: 19. Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Section: S40-S49 - Injuries to the shoulder and upper arm

Coding Guidelines

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with S40.27

  • S41.05 - open bite of shoulder (S41.05)

Specific Codes (3)

S40.271Category

Other superficial bite of right shoulder

S40.272Category

Other superficial bite of left shoulder

S40.279Category

Other superficial bite of unspecified shoulder

Related Codes

S40.21Category

Abrasion of shoulder

S40.22Category

Blister (nonthermal) of shoulder

S40.24Category

External constriction of shoulder

S40.25Category

Superficial foreign body of shoulder

S40.26Category

Insect bite (nonvenomous) of shoulder

Get started with Scope today

Spend more time caring for patients, not charting. Scope captures your patient encounters in real time and quickly generates high-quality clinical notes – and it's completely free.

AnneLisaDavid
1k+

from 1k+ happy clinicians

Get started now