kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Section

S50-S59

Injuries to the elbow and forearm (S50-S59)

Hierarchy

  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • S50-S59 Injuries to the elbow and forearm (S50-S59)
      • S50 Superficial injury of elbow and forearm
      • S51 Open wound of elbow and forearm
      • S52 Fracture of forearm
      • S53 Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of elbow
      • S54 Injury of nerves at forearm level
      • S55 Injury of blood vessels at forearm level
      • S56 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level
      • S57 Crushing injury of elbow and forearm
      • S58 Traumatic amputation of elbow and forearm
      • S59 Other and unspecified injuries of elbow and forearm

Notes

S00-T88

  • 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
  • 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.

Use Additional

S00-T88

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
    • Z18 Retained foreign body fragments

Excludes 1

S00-T88

  • P10-P15 Birth trauma (P10-P15)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Excludes 2

S50-S59

  • T20-T32 Burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
  • T33-T34 Frostbite (T33-T34)
  • injuries of wrist and hand (S60-S69)
    • S60-S69 Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers (S60-S69)
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
    • T63.4 Toxic effect of venom of other arthropods