ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S50-S59 › S53.412 Radiohumeral (joint) sprain of left elbow › S53.412A
Radiohumeral (joint) sprain of left elbow, initial encounter
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Radiohumeral (joint) sprain of left elbow, initial encounter
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 S53 Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments of elbow
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S53
Excludes2 - not included here
- strain of muscle, fascia and tendon at forearm level (S56.-)
Code also
- any associated open wound
Includes
- avulsion of joint or ligament of elbow
- laceration of cartilage, joint or ligament of elbow
- sprain of cartilage, joint or ligament of elbow
- traumatic hemarthrosis of joint or ligament of elbow
- traumatic rupture of joint or ligament of elbow
- traumatic subluxation of joint or ligament of elbow
- traumatic tear of joint or ligament of elbow
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.
- Tenosynovitis
- Injury > axilla
- Sprain > scapula
- Avulsion > ligament
- Division > ligament
- Sprain > ulnohumeral
- Detachment > ligament
- Dislocation > partial
- Disruption > ligament
- Laceration > ligament
- Sprain > radiohumeral
- Tear, torn > ligament
- Detachment > cartilage
- Tear, torn > cartilage
- Injury > elbow > sprain
- Dislocation > incomplete
- Hemarthrosis > traumatic
- Injury > scapular region
- Avulsion > joint > capsule
- Injury > shoulder > sprain
- Laceration > joint capsule
- Laceration > capsule, joint
- Tear, torn > capsule, joint
- Disorder > tendon > synovitis
- Rupture, ruptured > cartilage
- Synovitis > traumatic, current
- Disorder > joint > hemarthrosis
- Disorder > synovium > synovitis
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic > joint
- Sprain > shoulder joint > blade
- Dislocation > vertebra > partial
- Subluxation > ligament, traumatic
- Rupture, ruptured > traumatic > ligament
- Rupture, ruptured > joint capsule, traumatic
- Sprain > shoulder joint > coracoclavicular joint
- Sprain > shoulder joint > coracohumeral ligament
- Sprain > shoulder joint > acromioclavicular joint
- Sprain > elbow > radiohumeral
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S53.412D | Radiohumeral (joint) sprain of left elbow, subsequent encounter | Valid |
| S53.412S | Radiohumeral (joint) sprain of left elbow, sequela | Valid |