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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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S53-
Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of elbow
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2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S53.401A
Unspecified sprain of right elbow, initial encounter
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
- S53.401A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM S53.401A became effective on October 1, 2019.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S53.401A - other international versions of ICD-10 S53.401A may differ.
The following code(s) above
S53.401A 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
S53.401A:
- S00-T88
2020 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
2020 ICD-10-CM Range S50-S59
Injuries to the elbow and forearm
- S53
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S53
Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of elbow
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Code Also- any associated open wound
Includes- avulsion of joint or ligament of elbow
- laceration of cartilage, joint or ligament of elbow
- sprain of cartilage, joint or ligament of elbow
- traumatic hemarthrosis of joint or ligament of elbow
- traumatic rupture of joint or ligament of elbow
- traumatic subluxation of joint or ligament of elbow
- traumatic tear of joint or ligament of elbow
Type 2 Excludes- strain of muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level (S56.-)
- S53.4
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S53.4
Sprain of elbow
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 2 Excludes- traumatic rupture of radial collateral ligament (S53.2-)
- traumatic rupture of ulnar collateral ligament (S53.3-)
- 562 Fracture, sprain, strain and dislocation except femur, hip, pelvis and thigh with mcc
- 563 Fracture, sprain, strain and dislocation except femur, hip, pelvis and thigh without mcc
- 955 Craniotomy for multiple significant trauma
- 956 Limb reattachment, hip and femur procedures for multiple significant trauma
- 957 Other o.r. Procedures for multiple significant trauma with mcc
- 958 Other o.r. Procedures for multiple significant trauma with cc
- 959 Other o.r. Procedures for multiple significant trauma without cc/mcc
- 963 Other multiple significant trauma with mcc
- 964 Other multiple significant trauma with cc
- 965 Other multiple significant trauma without cc/mcc
Convert S53.401A 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
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S53.401A
S53.32 Traumatic rupture of left ulnar collateral ligament
S53.40 Unspecified sprain of elbow
S53.401 Unspecified sprain of right elbow
S53.401A
…… initial encounter
S53.402 Unspecified sprain of left elbow
S53.409 Unspecified sprain of unspecified elbow
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
