S50 Non-Billable Code

Superficial injury of elbow and forearm

Chapter Classification

Chapter 19 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

Section Detail

S50-S59 Injuries to the elbow and forearm (S50-S59)

Coding Guidelines & Notes

excludes2

superficial injury of wrist and hand (S60.-)

sevenChrDef

{'char': 'A', 'text': 'initial encounter'}
{'char': 'D', 'text': 'subsequent encounter'}
{'char': 'S', 'text': 'sequela'}

sevenChrNote

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

More Specific Diagnosis Codes

This code is not billable as it requires a higher level of specificity. Select a more specific code below.

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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