ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S50-S59 › S57.0 Crushing injury of elbow › S57.01

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 3 more specific codes instead:

• S57.01XA Crushing injury of right elbow, initial encounter
• S57.01XD Crushing injury of right elbow, subsequent encounter
• S57.01XS Crushing injury of right elbow, sequela

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

What has happened to this code

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
S57.00	Crushing injury of unspecified elbow	Not billable
S57.02	Crushing injury of left elbow	Not billable