ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S50-S59 › S52.22 Transverse fracture of shaft of ulna › S52.225

S52.225

Nondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left ulna

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 16 more specific codes instead:

  • S52.225A Nondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left ulna, initial encounter for closed fracture
  • S52.225B Nondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left ulna, initial encounter for open fracture type I or II
  • S52.225C Nondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left ulna, initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC
  • S52.225D Nondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left ulna, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing
  • S52.225E Nondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left ulna, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing
  • S52.225F Nondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left ulna, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing
  • S52.225G Nondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left ulna, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with delayed healing
  • S52.225H Nondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left ulna, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with delayed healing
  • S52.225J Nondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left ulna, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing
  • S52.225K Nondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left ulna, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunion
  • S52.225M Nondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left ulna, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with nonunion
  • S52.225N Nondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left ulna, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with nonunion
  • S52.225P Nondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left ulna, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with malunion
  • S52.225Q Nondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left ulna, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with malunion
  • S52.225R Nondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left ulna, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with malunion
  • S52.225S Nondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left ulna, sequela

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 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. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Nondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of left ulna

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
S52.221 Displaced transverse fracture of shaft of right ulna Not billable
S52.222 Displaced transverse fracture of shaft of left ulna Not billable
S52.223 Displaced transverse fracture of shaft of unspecified ulna Not billable
S52.224 Nondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of right ulna Not billable
S52.226 Nondisplaced transverse fracture of shaft of unspecified ulna Not billable