Block · Chapter 19
S50-S59 Injuries to the elbow and forearm (S50-S59)
Block S50-S59 groups 10 categories with 4,362 billable codes in FY2027.
Where it sits
- Chapter 19 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- S50-S59 Injuries to the elbow and forearm (S50-S59)
Neighbouring blocks
- Categories
- 10
- Billable codes
- 4,362
- CC codes
- 1,428
- MCC codes
- 336
- HCC V28 codes
- 18
- New FY2027
- 0
Categories in S50-S59
- S50
- S51
- S52
- S53
Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of elbow
Nursemaid's elbow → S53.03-
- 261 billable codes
- S54
- S55
Injury of blood vessels at forearm level
Injury›blood vessel NEC›forearm → S55.90-
- 135 billable codes
- 45 CC
- S56
Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level
Injury›muscle (and fascia) (and tendon)›forearm (level) → S56.90-
- 432 billable codes
- 36 CC
- S57
- S58
Traumatic amputation of elbow and forearm
Amputation›traumatic (complete) (partial)›forearm (complete) → S58.91-
- 54 billable codes
- 18 CC
- 18 with HCC
- S59
Index main terms
- Injury → S50, S54, S55, S56, S59 (84 entries)
- Fracture, traumatic (abduction) (adduction) (separation) → S52, S59 (78 entries)
- Puncture → S51 (12 entries)
- Dislocation (articular) → S53 (11 entries)
- Subluxation → S53 (11 entries)
- Amputation → S58 (10 entries)
- Laceration → S51 (8 entries)
- Bite(s) (animal) (human) → S50, S51 (6 entries)
- Sprain (joint) (ligament) → S53 (6 entries)
- Abrasion → S50 (2 entries)
- Blister (nonthermal) → S50 (2 entries)
- Constriction → S50 (2 entries)
- Contusion (skin surface intact) → S50 (2 entries)
- Crush, crushed, crushing → S57 (2 entries)
- Foreign body → S50 (2 entries)
+8 more main terms; the search box finds them by word.
Block instructions
Notes that also apply
Chapter 19 instructions (Notes 2, Excludes2 2, Use additional code 1): printed on the chapter 19 page.