ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S40-S49 › S42.4 Fracture of lower end of humerus › S42.41
Simple supracondylar fracture without intercondylar fracture of humerus
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 6 more specific codes instead:
- S42.411 Displaced simple supracondylar fracture without intercondylar fracture of right humerus (also a header)
- S42.412 Displaced simple supracondylar fracture without intercondylar fracture of left humerus (also a header)
- S42.413 Displaced simple supracondylar fracture without intercondylar fracture of unspecified humerus (also a header)
- S42.414 Nondisplaced simple supracondylar fracture without intercondylar fracture of right humerus (also a header)
- S42.415 Nondisplaced simple supracondylar fracture without intercondylar fracture of left humerus (also a header)
- S42.416 Nondisplaced simple supracondylar fracture without intercondylar fracture of unspecified humerus (also a header)
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Simple supracondylar fracture without intercondylar fracture of humerus
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from S42 Fracture of shoulder and upper arm
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to all codes from category S42
Excludes1 - never coded here
- traumatic amputation of shoulder and upper arm (S48.-)
Excludes2 - not included here
- periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic shoulder joint (M97.3)
Note
- A fracture not indicated as displaced or nondisplaced should be coded to displaced
- A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed
Inherited from the S40-S49 section Injuries to the shoulder and upper arm (S40-S49)
Excludes2 - not included here
- burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
- frostbite (T33-T34)
- injuries of elbow (S50-S59)
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
Includes
- injuries of axilla
- injuries of scapular region
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Fracture, traumatic > humerus > distal end
- Fracture, traumatic > supracondylar, elbow
- Fracture, traumatic > humerus > intercondylar
- Fracture, traumatic > humerus > supracondylar
- Fracture, traumatic > humerus > articular process
- Fracture, traumatic > humerus > lower end > supracondylar > with intercondylar fracture
- Fracture, traumatic > humerus > lower end > supracondylar
- Fracture, traumatic > humerus > lower end > supracondylar > nondisplaced
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S42.40 | Unspecified fracture of lower end of humerus | Not billable |
| S42.42 | Comminuted supracondylar fracture without intercondylar fracture of humerus | Not billable |
| S42.43 | Fracture (avulsion) of lateral epicondyle of humerus | Not billable |
| S42.44 | Fracture (avulsion) of medial epicondyle of humerus | Not billable |
| S42.45 | Fracture of lateral condyle of humerus | Not billable |
| S42.46 | Fracture of medial condyle of humerus | Not billable |
| S42.47 | Transcondylar fracture of humerus | Not billable |
| S42.48 | Torus fracture of lower end of humerus | Not billable |
| S42.49 | Other fracture of lower end of humerus | Not billable |