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ICD-10-CM Codes
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S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
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S50-S59
Injuries to the elbow and forearm
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S50-
Superficial injury of elbow and forearm
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S50.9
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S50.9
Unspecified superficial injury of elbow and forearm
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- S50.9 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S50.9 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S50.9 - other international versions of ICD-10 S50.9 may differ.
The following code(s) above
S50.9 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
S50.9:
- S00-T88
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causesNote- 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
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
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
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 S50.9
S50.872 Other superficial bite of left forearm
S50.879 Other superficial bite of unspecified forearm
S50.9
Unspecified superficial injury of elbow and forearm
S50.90 Unspecified superficial injury of elbow
S50.901 Unspecified superficial injury of right elbow
S50.902 Unspecified superficial injury of left elbow
S50.909 Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified elbow
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.