Crushing injury of elbow and forearm - S57
Use Additional Code: This note indicates that an additional code should be used in conjunction with the primary code "S57" to provide a complete picture of the patient's condition or to capture associated factors.
Use Additional:
- code(s) for all associated injuries
Excludes2: This note means that the conditions described by two codes are not usually associated with each other but can sometimes occur together.
Type 2 Excludes:
- crushing injury of wrist and hand (S67.-)
The seventh character in ICD-10-CM is an essential component that adds specificity to diagnosis codes by indicating aspects like the encounter type, stage, or other relevant clinical details.
Category SevenChr Note:
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S57
These ranges represents subcategories of Crushing injury of elbow and forearm. The "S57" signifies that these are the diseases within this broad category.
Codes:
- S57.0 - Crushing injury of elbow
- S57.00 - Crushing injury of unspecified elbow
- S57.01 - Crushing injury of right elbow
- S57.02 - Crushing injury of left elbow
- S57.8 - Crushing injury of forearm
- S57.80 - Crushing injury of unspecified forearm
- S57.81 - Crushing injury of right forearm
- S57.82 - Crushing injury of left forearm