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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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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S53.499D
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S53.499D
Other sprain of unspecified elbow, subsequent encounter
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code POA Exempt
- S53.499D 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 S53.499D became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S53.499D - other international versions of ICD-10 S53.499D may differ.
The following code(s) above
S53.499D 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
S53.499D:
- 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.-)
- S50-S59
2021 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 2021 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 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 2 Excludes- traumatic rupture of radial collateral ligament (S53.2-)
- traumatic rupture of ulnar collateral ligament (S53.3-)
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.
- S53.499D is considered exempt from POA reporting.
ICD-10-CM S53.499D is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 949 Aftercare with cc/mcc
- 950 Aftercare without cc/mcc
Convert S53.499D 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 S53.499D
S53.491 Other sprain of right elbow
S53.499 Other sprain of unspecified elbow
S53.499D
…… subsequent encounter
S54 Injury of nerves at forearm level
S54.0 Injury of ulnar nerve at forearm level
S54.00 Injury of ulnar nerve at forearm level, unspecified arm
S54.01 Injury of ulnar nerve at forearm level, right arm
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
