ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S40-S49 › S42.47 Transcondylar fracture of humerus › S42.472
Displaced transcondylar fracture of left 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 7 more specific codes instead:
- S42.472A Displaced transcondylar fracture of left humerus, initial encounter for closed fracture
- S42.472B Displaced transcondylar fracture of left humerus, initial encounter for open fracture
- S42.472D Displaced transcondylar fracture of left humerus, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- S42.472G Displaced transcondylar fracture of left humerus, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- S42.472K Displaced transcondylar fracture of left humerus, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- S42.472P Displaced transcondylar fracture of left humerus, subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
- S42.472S Displaced transcondylar fracture of left humerus, sequela
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2014 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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Displaced transcondylar fracture of left 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 > transcondylar
- Fracture, traumatic > humerus > lower end > transcondylar > nondisplaced
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S42.471 | Displaced transcondylar fracture of right humerus | Not billable |
| S42.473 | Displaced transcondylar fracture of unspecified humerus | Not billable |
| S42.474 | Nondisplaced transcondylar fracture of right humerus | Not billable |
| S42.475 | Nondisplaced transcondylar fracture of left humerus | Not billable |
| S42.476 | Nondisplaced transcondylar fracture of unspecified humerus | Not billable |