S50
S50: Superficial injury of elbow and forearm
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S50 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for superficial injury of elbow and forearm. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S50
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes2: not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- superficial injury of wrist and hand (S60.-)
Other codes that can never be billed with S50
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead S50
5 child codes. Green means billable.