S57 Non-Billable Code
Crushing 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
- crushing injury of wrist and hand (S67.-)
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 S57
useAdditionalCode
- code(s) for all associated injuries
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