ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S50-S59 › S57.01 Crushing injury of right elbow › S57.01XA
Crushing injury of right 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 Crushing injury of right 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 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 |
|---|---|---|
| S57.01XD | Crushing injury of right elbow, subsequent encounter | Valid |
| S57.01XS | Crushing injury of right elbow, sequela | Valid |