NC13.5

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Strain or sprain of shoulder joint

Description

A collective term for muscle and ligament injuries of the tissues associated with the shoulder joint without dislocation or fracture; a joint injury in which some of the fibers of a supporting ligament are ruptured but the continuity of the ligament remains intact. A strain is an overstretching or overexertion of some part of the musculature.

Index terms

  • Strain or sprain of shoulder joint
  • Strain or sprain of coracohumeral ligament
  • Strain of coracohumeral ligament
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  • Strain or sprain of rotator cuff capsule
  • Rotator cuff capsule strain
  • Superior glenoid labrum lesion

Exclusions from above levels

  • http://id.who.int/icd/entity/152692065 – Frostbite
  • http://id.who.int/icd/entity/163532889 – Burns
  • http://id.who.int/icd/entity/592902578 – Injuries to the elbow or forearm
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  • ND53 – Other injuries of arm, level unspecified
  • NE61 – Insect bite or sting, venomous
  • FB80.7 – Malunion of fracture
  • FB80.8 – Nonunion of fracture
  • FB80.A – Stress fracture, not elsewhere classified
  • FB80.B – Pathological fracture
  • http://id.who.int/icd/entity/624443803 – Birth injury
  • JB0A – Certain specified obstetric trauma

Sibling codes

  • NC13.0 – Dislocation of shoulder joint
  • NC13.1 – Dislocation of acromioclavicular joint
  • NC13.2 – Dislocation of sternoclavicular joint
  • NC13.3 – Dislocation of scapula
  • NC13.4 – Dislocation of other or unspecified parts of shoulder girdle
  • NC13.6 – Strain or sprain of acromioclavicular joint
  • NC13.7 – Strain or sprain of sternoclavicular joint
  • NC13.8 – Strain or sprain of other or unspecified parts of shoulder girdle
  • NC13.Y – Dislocation or sprain of other specified joints or ligaments of shoulder girdle
  • NC13.Z – Dislocation or strain or sprain of joints or ligaments of shoulder girdle, unspecified

Foundation entity

Strain or sprain of shoulder joint – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1009395511

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: NC13: Dislocation or strain or sprain of joints or ligaments of shoulder girdle › 22: Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes