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  2. S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
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  4. S50- Superficial injury of elbow and forearm
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  5. 2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S50.842S

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S50.842S

External constriction of left forearm, sequela

    2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code POA Exempt
  • S50.842S is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
  • The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S50.842S became effective on October 1, 2020.
  • This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S50.842S - other international versions of ICD-10 S50.842S may differ.
The following code(s) above S50.842S contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
  • Applicable To annotations, or
  • Code Also annotations, or
  • Code First annotations, or
  • Excludes1 annotations, or
  • Excludes2 annotations, or
  • Includes annotations, or
  • Note annotations, or
  • Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to S50.842S:
  • S00-T88
    2021 ICD-10-CM Range S00-T88

    Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

    Note
    • 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
    Type 1 Excludes
    Use Additional
    • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
    Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
  • S50-S59
    2021 ICD-10-CM Range S50-S59

    Injuries to the elbow and forearm

    Type 2 Excludes
    Injuries to the elbow and forearm
  • S50
    ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S50

    Superficial injury of elbow and forearm

      2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
    Type 2 Excludes
    • superficial injury of wrist and hand (S60.-)
    Superficial injury of elbow and forearm
Present On Admission
POA Help
"Present On Admission" is defined as present at the time the order for inpatient admission occurs — conditions that develop during an outpatient encounter, including emergency department, observation, or outpatient surgery, are considered POA.
  • S50.842S is considered exempt from POA reporting.
ICD-10-CM S50.842S is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
  • 604 Trauma to the skin, subcutaneous tissue and breast with mcc
  • 605 Trauma to the skin, subcutaneous tissue and breast without mcc

Convert S50.842S to ICD-9-CM

Code History
  • 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
  • 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
  • 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
  • 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
  • 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
  • 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S50.842S
S50.829D …… subsequent encounter
S50.829S …… sequela
S50.84 External constriction of forearm
S50.841 External constriction of right forearm
S50.841A …… initial encounter
S50.841D …… subsequent encounter
S50.841S …… sequela
S50.842 External constriction of left forearm
S50.842A …… initial encounter
S50.842D …… subsequent encounter
S50.842S …… sequela
S50.849 External constriction of unspecified forearm
S50.849A …… initial encounter
S50.849D …… subsequent encounter
S50.849S …… sequela
S50.85 Superficial foreign body of forearm
S50.851 Superficial foreign body of right forearm
S50.851A …… initial encounter
S50.851D …… subsequent encounter
S50.851S …… sequela
S50.852 Superficial foreign body of left forearm

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

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