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S51.83

S51.83: Puncture wound without foreign body of forearm

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S51.83 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for puncture wound without foreign body of 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 S51

A
initial encounter
D
subsequent encounter
S
sequela

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S51.83

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on S51: Open wound of elbow and forearm

  • open fracture of elbow and forearm (S52.- with open fracture 7th character)
  • traumatic amputation of elbow and forearm (S58.-)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S51.83

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on S51.8: Open wound of forearm

  • open wound of elbow (S51.0-)

Written on S51: Open wound of elbow and forearm

  • open wound of wrist and hand (S61.-)

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 S51.83

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Other codes under S51.8

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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