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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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S51-
Open wound of elbow and forearm
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2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S51.009A
2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S51.009A
Unspecified open wound of unspecified elbow, initial encounter
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Billable/Specific Code
- S51.009A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- Short description: Unspecified open wound of unspecified elbow, init encntr
- The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM S51.009A became effective on October 1, 2021.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S51.009A - other international versions of ICD-10 S51.009A may differ.
The following code(s) above
S51.009A 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
S51.009A:
- S00-T88
2022 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.-)
- S50-S59
2022 ICD-10-CM Range S50-S59
Injuries to the elbow and forearm
- S51
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S51
Open wound of elbow and forearm
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Code Also- any associated wound infection
Type 1 Excludes- open fracture of elbow and forearm (S52.- with open fracture 7th character)
- traumatic amputation of elbow and forearm (S58.-)
Type 2 Excludes- open wound of wrist and hand (S61.-)
- S51.009
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S51.009
Unspecified open wound of unspecified elbow
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- 604 Trauma to the skin, subcutaneous tissue and breast with mcc
- 605 Trauma to the skin, subcutaneous tissue and breast without mcc
- 963 Other multiple significant trauma with mcc
- 964 Other multiple significant trauma with cc
- 965 Other multiple significant trauma without cc/mcc
Convert S51.009A 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
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S51.009A
S51.00 Unspecified open wound of elbow
S51.001 Unspecified open wound of right elbow
S51.002 Unspecified open wound of left elbow
S51.009 Unspecified open wound of unspecified elbow
S51.009A
…… initial encounter
S51.01 Laceration without foreign body of elbow
S51.011 Laceration without foreign body of right elbow
S51.012 Laceration without foreign body of left elbow
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
