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S51.849S

Puncture wound with foreign body of unspecified forearm, sequela

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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Puncture wound with foreign body of unspecified forearm, sequela

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 S51 Open wound of elbow and forearm

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S51

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • open fracture of elbow and forearm (S52.- with open fracture 7th character)
  • traumatic amputation of elbow and forearm (S58.-)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • open wound of wrist and hand (S61.-)

Code also

  • any associated wound infection

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
S51.849A Puncture wound with foreign body of unspecified forearm, initial encounter Valid
S51.849D Puncture wound with foreign body of unspecified forearm, subsequent encounter Valid