Unspecified physeal fracture of lower end of humerus, left arm, initial encounter for closed fracture

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Unspecified physeal fracture of lower end of humerus, left arm, initial encounter for closed fracture

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 S49 Other and unspecified injuries of shoulder and upper arm

Seventh character required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from subcategories S49.0 and S49.1

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 > epiphysis > lower
Fracture, traumatic > humerus > lower end > supracondylar > with intercondylar fracture
Fracture, traumatic > humerus > lower end > physeal

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S49.102D	Unspecified physeal fracture of lower end of humerus, left arm, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing	Valid
S49.102G	Unspecified physeal fracture of lower end of humerus, left arm, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing	Valid
S49.102K	Unspecified physeal fracture of lower end of humerus, left arm, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion	Valid
S49.102P	Unspecified physeal fracture of lower end of humerus, left arm, subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion	Valid
S49.102S	Unspecified physeal fracture of lower end of humerus, left arm, sequela	Valid