S52.253 — Displaced comminuted fracture of shaft of ulna, unspecified arm
S52.253 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for displaced comminuted fracture of shaft of ulna, unspecified arm. 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 all codes from category S52
- A
- initial encounter for closed fracture
- B
- initial encounter for open fracture type I or II
- C
- initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC
- D
- subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing
- E
- subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing
- F
- subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing
- G
- subsequent encounter for closed fracture with delayed healing
- H
- subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with delayed healing
- J
- subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing
- K
- subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunion
- M
- subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with nonunion
- N
- subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with nonunion
- P
- subsequent encounter for closed fracture with malunion
- Q
- subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with malunion
- R
- subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with malunion
- S
- sequela
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S52.253
These are not written on S52.253, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing S52.253 with anything listed here is a denial.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S52.253
Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of S52.253, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.
Other codes that can never be billed with S52.253
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at S52.253. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading S52.253 alone.
Risk adjustment
S52.253 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code history
S52.253 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Code to one of these instead S52.253
16 child codes. Green means billable.
- S52.253ADisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of ulna, unspecified arm, initial encounter for closed fracture
- S52.253BDisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of ulna, unspecified arm, initial encounter for open fracture type I or II
- S52.253CDisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of ulna, unspecified arm, initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC
- S52.253DDisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of ulna, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing
- S52.253EDisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of ulna, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing
- S52.253FDisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of ulna, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing
- S52.253GDisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of ulna, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with delayed healing
- S52.253HDisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of ulna, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with delayed healing
- S52.253JDisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of ulna, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing
- S52.253KDisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of ulna, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunion
- S52.253MDisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of ulna, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with nonunion
- S52.253NDisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of ulna, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with nonunion
- S52.253PDisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of ulna, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with malunion
- S52.253QDisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of ulna, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with malunion
- S52.253RDisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of ulna, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with malunion
- S52.253SDisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of ulna, unspecified arm, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S52.25. If S52.253 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S52.251Displaced comminuted fracture of shaft of ulna, right arm
- S52.252Displaced comminuted fracture of shaft of ulna, left arm
- S52.254Nondisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of ulna, right arm
- S52.255Nondisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of ulna, left arm
- S52.256Nondisplaced comminuted fracture of shaft of ulna, unspecified arm
Questions about S52.253
- Is S52.253 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S52.253 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S52.253 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Injuries to the elbow and forearm (S50-S59).
- What cannot be coded together with S52.253?
- S52.253 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above S52.253 (S52) and apply to it just the same.