What are the symptoms of a partial rotator cuff tear?
The physician documents the injury diagnosis as a rotator cuff (supraspinatus) tear of the right shoulder. The physician, in the electronic medical record (EMR) appropriately selects ICD-10 code S46. 011A.
A supraspinatus tear can occur in due to a trauma or repeated micro-trauma and present as a partial or full thickness tear. Most of the time the tear occurs in the tendon or as an avulsion from the greater tuberosity. The tear can be partial or full-thickness.
726.13 - Partial tear of rotator cuff is a topic covered in the ICD-10-CM.
Partial thickness tears of the supraspinatus muscle are an incomplete disruption of muscle fibers; note that these can progress to a complete or full thickness tear of the supraspinatus muscle, and larger tears pose a higher risk of progression to full tears, even if they are asymptomatic.
A partial thickness rotator cuff tear is an incomplete tear of the rotator cuff. These may be traumatic in athletes (caused by an injury) and are known as PASTA lesions.
The supraspinatus muscle is the only muscle of the rotator cuff that is not a rotator of the humerus. The infraspinatus is a powerful lateral rotator of the humerus. The tendon of this muscle is sometimes separated from the capsule of the glenohumeral joint by a bursa.
Use code 23410 for repair of an acute rupture of the rotator cuff and code 23412 for repair of a chronic rotator cuff injury.
Unspecified rotator cuff tear or rupture of left shoulder, not specified as traumatic. M75. 102 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM M75.
S43. 431A Superior glenoid labrum lesion of right shoulder, init - ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes.
Toward the back of the shoulder is the supraspinatus tendon and muscle. The supraspinatus is one of the most common locations for tears or ruptures of the tendon, as well as tendonitis. The shoulder is a complex joint.
In the most lateral cross section, near the humeral insertion, the supraspinatus is entirely tendon from the anterior (left) to posterior portion of the structure.
A partial tear of the rotator cuff is when the tendon is damaged but not completely ruptured (torn); a full thickness tear is where the tendon has torn completely through, often where it is attached to the top of the upper arm (humerus), making a hole in the tendon.