2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S50.9

Unspecified superficial injury of elbow and forearm

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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:

that may be applicable to S50.9:

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

S50.871D …… subsequent encounter

S50.871S …… sequela

S50.872 Other superficial bite of left forearm

S50.872A …… initial encounter

S50.872D …… subsequent encounter

S50.872S …… sequela

S50.879 Other superficial bite of unspecified forearm

S50.879A …… initial encounter

S50.879D …… subsequent encounter

S50.879S …… sequela

S50.9 Unspecified superficial injury of elbow and forearm

S50.90 Unspecified superficial injury of elbow

S50.901 Unspecified superficial injury of right elbow

S50.901A …… initial encounter

S50.901D …… subsequent encounter

S50.901S …… sequela

S50.902 Unspecified superficial injury of left elbow

S50.902A …… initial encounter

S50.902D …… subsequent encounter

S50.902S …… sequela

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.