ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S50-S59 › S50.8 Other superficial injuries of forearm › S50.85
Superficial foreign body of forearm
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:
- S50.851 Superficial foreign body of right forearm (also a header)
- S50.852 Superficial foreign body of left forearm (also a header)
- S50.859 Superficial foreign body of unspecified forearm (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 Superficial foreign body of forearm
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.
- Emesis
- Retching
- Splinter
- Granuloma > talc
- Regurgitation > food
- Foreign body > granuloma
- Reaction > foreign > body NEC
- Injury > forearm > superficial
- Foreign body > lacrimal punctum
- Aspiration > syndrome of newborn
- Regurgitation > gastric contents
- Myositis > foreign body granuloma
- Pneumonia > neonatal > aspiration
- Syndrome > aspiration, of newborn
- Asphyxia, asphyxiation > inhalation
- Injury > superficial NEC > foreign body
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > eyeball
- Injury > superficial NEC > forearm > foreign body
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > lacrimal apparatus
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > tear ducts or glands
- Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > antecubital space
- Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > forearm
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S50.81 | Abrasion of forearm | Not billable |
| S50.82 | Blister (nonthermal) of forearm | Not billable |
| S50.84 | External constriction of forearm | Not billable |
| S50.86 | Insect bite (nonvenomous) of forearm | Not billable |
| S50.87 | Other superficial bite of forearm | Not billable |