Crushing injury of unspecified elbow, 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.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Crushing injury of elbow, unspecified side, sequela
FY2011 Draft description revised draft ~~Crushing injury of elbow, unspecified side, sequela~~ Crushing injury of unspecified elbow, 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 S57 Crushing injury of elbow and forearm

Seventh character required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S57

Excludes2 - not included here

crushing injury of wrist and hand (S67.-)

Use additional code

code(s) for all associated injuries

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.

Injury > crushing
Cave-in, injury > crushing
Crush, crushed, crushing > extremity > upper > elbow
Crush, crushed, crushing > elbow

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S57.00XA	Crushing injury of unspecified elbow, initial encounter	Valid
S57.00XD	Crushing injury of unspecified elbow, subsequent encounter	Valid