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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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S59-
Other and unspecified injuries of elbow and forearm
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S59.201
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S59.201
Unspecified physeal fracture of lower end of radius, right arm
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- S59.201 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- Short description: Unsp physeal fracture of lower end of radius, right arm
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S59.201 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S59.201 - other international versions of ICD-10 S59.201 may differ.
The following code(s) above
S59.201 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
S59.201:
- 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
- S59
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S59
Other and unspecified injuries of elbow and forearm
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 2 Excludes- other and unspecified injuries of wrist and hand (S69.-)
- 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 S59.201
S59.199 Other physeal fracture of upper end of radius, unspecified arm
S59.199A …… initial encounter for closed fracture
S59.199D …… subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
S59.199G …… subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
S59.199K …… subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
S59.199P …… subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
S59.2 Physeal fracture of lower end of radius
S59.20 Unspecified physeal fracture of lower end of radius
S59.201
Unspecified physeal fracture of lower end of radius, right arm
S59.201A …… initial encounter for closed fracture
S59.201D …… subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
S59.201G …… subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
S59.201K …… subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
S59.201P …… subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
S59.202 Unspecified physeal fracture of lower end of radius, left arm
S59.202A …… initial encounter for closed fracture
S59.202D …… subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
S59.202G …… subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
