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S50Superficial injury of elbow and forearm

ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Injuries to the elbow and forearm (S50-S59)

Code Details

Billable	No — use a more specific child code
Chapter	Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Section	Injuries to the elbow and forearm (S50-S59)

Valid 7th Characters

A	initial encounter
D	subsequent encounter
S	sequela

Coding Notes

Excludes2 (not part of this condition — may code both)

superficial injury of wrist and hand (S60.-)

7th Character Note

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S50

Subcategories (5)

S50.0 Contusion of elbow
S50.1 Contusion of forearm
S50.3 Other superficial injuries of elbow
S50.8 Other superficial injuries of forearm
S50.9 Unspecified superficial injury of elbow and forearm

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