S53.026
S53.026: Posterior dislocation of unspecified radial head
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S53.026 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for posterior dislocation of unspecified radial head. 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 S53
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S53.026
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S53.026
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
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 S53.026
3 child codes. Green means billable.