ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S50-S59 › S52.181 Other fracture of upper end of right radius › S52.181J

S52.181J

Other fracture of upper end of right radius, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing

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 Other facture of upper end of right radius, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing
  2. FY2010 Draft description revised draft Other facture of upper end of right radius, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing Other fracture of upper end of right radius, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing

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 S52 Fracture of forearm

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to all codes from category S52

Seventh character values

  • initial encounter for open fracture NOS

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • traumatic amputation of forearm (S58.-)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • fracture at wrist and hand level (S62.-)
  • periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic elbow joint (M97.4)

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
  • The open fracture designations are based on the Gustilo open fracture classification

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
S52.181A Other fracture of upper end of right radius, initial encounter for closed fracture Valid
S52.181B Other fracture of upper end of right radius, initial encounter for open fracture type I or II Valid
S52.181C Other fracture of upper end of right radius, initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC Valid
S52.181D Other fracture of upper end of right radius, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing Valid
S52.181E Other fracture of upper end of right radius, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing Valid
S52.181F Other fracture of upper end of right radius, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing Valid
S52.181G Other fracture of upper end of right radius, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with delayed healing Valid
S52.181H Other fracture of upper end of right radius, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with delayed healing Valid
S52.181K Other fracture of upper end of right radius, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunion Valid
S52.181M Other fracture of upper end of right radius, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with nonunion Valid
S52.181N Other fracture of upper end of right radius, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with nonunion Valid
S52.181P Other fracture of upper end of right radius, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with malunion Valid