S52.346 — Nondisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, unspecified arm
S52.346 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for nondisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, 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 S52.346
These are not written on S52.346, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing S52.346 with anything listed here is a denial.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S52.346
Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of S52.346, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.
Other codes that can never be billed with S52.346
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at S52.346. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading S52.346 alone.
Risk adjustment
S52.346 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
S52.346 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 S52.346
16 child codes. Green means billable.
- S52.346ANondisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, unspecified arm, initial encounter for closed fracture
- S52.346BNondisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, unspecified arm, initial encounter for open fracture type I or II
- S52.346CNondisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, unspecified arm, initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC
- S52.346DNondisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing
- S52.346ENondisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing
- S52.346FNondisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing
- S52.346GNondisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with delayed healing
- S52.346HNondisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with delayed healing
- S52.346JNondisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing
- S52.346KNondisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunion
- S52.346MNondisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with nonunion
- S52.346NNondisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with nonunion
- S52.346PNondisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with malunion
- S52.346QNondisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with malunion
- S52.346RNondisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, unspecified arm, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with malunion
- S52.346SNondisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, unspecified arm, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S52.34. If S52.346 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S52.341Displaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, right arm
- S52.342Displaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, left arm
- S52.343Displaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, unspecified arm
- S52.344Nondisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, right arm
- S52.345Nondisplaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, left arm
Questions about S52.346
- Is S52.346 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S52.346 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S52.346 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 S52.346?
- S52.346 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 S52.346 (S52) and apply to it just the same.