ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S50-S59 › S50.3 Other superficial injuries of elbow › S50.34
External constriction of elbow
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 3 more specific codes instead:
- S50.341 External constriction of right elbow (also a header)
- S50.342 External constriction of left elbow (also a header)
- S50.349 External constriction of unspecified elbow (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 External constriction of elbow
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 S50 Superficial injury of elbow and forearm
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S50
Excludes2 - not included here
- superficial injury of wrist and hand (S60.-)
Inherited from the S50-S59 section Injuries to the elbow and forearm (S50-S59)
Excludes2 - not included here
- burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
- frostbite (T33-T34)
- injuries of wrist and hand (S60-S69)
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
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.
- Tourniquet syndrome
- Syndrome > tourniquet
- Hair > tourniquet syndrome
- Syndrome > hair tourniquet
- Injury > elbow > superficial
- Constriction > external > antecubital space
- Constriction > external > forearm > elbow only
- Injury > superficial NEC > forearm > elbow only
- Injury > superficial NEC > external constriction
- Injury > superficial NEC > elbow > external constriction
- Injury > superficial NEC > forearm > external constriction
- Constriction > external > elbow
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S50.31 | Abrasion of elbow | Not billable |
| S50.32 | Blister (nonthermal) of elbow | Not billable |
| S50.35 | Superficial foreign body of elbow | Not billable |
| S50.36 | Insect bite (nonvenomous) of elbow | Not billable |
| S50.37 | Other superficial bite of elbow | Not billable |