DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

S57 Crushing injury of elbow and forearm

  • Header · not billable
  • Codes take a 7th character

S57 is not billable. The category heads 18 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 2 subdivisions. Its codes take a 7th character, so none is complete with fewer than 7 characters.

Index → code

  • Crush, crushed, crushingelbow → S57.0-
  • Crush, crushed, crushingforearm → S57.8-

Where it sits

  1. Chapter 19 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  2. S50-S59 Injuries to the elbow and forearm (S50-S59)
  3. S57 Crushing injury of elbow and forearm
Billable codes
18
Subdivisions
2
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
2

Codes in S57

  1. S57.0
    Crushing injury of elbow
    Header
  2. S57.00
    Crushing injury of unspecified elbow +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  3. S57.01
    Crushing injury of right elbow +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  4. S57.02
    Crushing injury of left elbow +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  5. S57.8
    Crushing injury of forearm
    Header
  6. S57.80
    Crushing injury of unspecified forearm +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  7. S57.81
    Crushing injury of right forearm +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  8. S57.82
    Crushing injury of left forearm +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters

Sources of each column. Rows marked +7th need a 7th character: pick one to build the full code; its code card has its own flags.

Instructions

At S57

Excludes2

  • crushing injury of wrist and hand (S67.-) S67

Use additional code

  • code(s) for all associated injuries

Notes that also apply

Block S50-S59 instructions (Excludes2 4): printed on the block page.

Chapter 19 instructions (Notes 2, Excludes2 2, Use additional code 1): printed on the chapter 19 page.

7th characters

7th characters for S57 defined here

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S57

7th characters for S57
7thMeaning (NCHS)
Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela

A code that takes a 7th character is invalid without it; the placeholder X fills a code shorter than 6 characters (Official Guidelines I.A.5). How 7th characters work.

Index entries

  • Crush, crushed, crushingelbow → S57.0-
  • Crush, crushed, crushingforearm → S57.8-

NCHS Alphabetic Index. Index first, then the Tabular List.

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