ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S50-S59 › S59.1 Physeal fracture of upper end of radius › S59.11
Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of radius
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- S59.111 Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of radius, right arm (also a header)
- S59.112 Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of radius, left arm (also a header)
- S59.119 Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of radius, unspecified arm (also a header)
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of upper end of radius
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 S59 Other and unspecified injuries of elbow and forearm
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from subcategories S59.0, S59.1, and S59.2
Excludes2 - not included here
- other and unspecified injuries of wrist and hand (S69.-)
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.
- Fracture, traumatic > radius > neck
- Fracture, traumatic > radius > proximal end
- Fracture, traumatic > radius > upper end > physeal > Salter-Harris > Type I
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S59.10 | Unspecified physeal fracture of upper end of radius | Not billable |
| S59.12 | Salter-Harris Type II physeal fracture of upper end of radius | Not billable |
| S59.13 | Salter-Harris Type III physeal fracture of upper end of radius | Not billable |
| S59.14 | Salter-Harris Type IV physeal fracture of upper end of radius | Not billable |
| S59.19 | Other physeal fracture of upper end of radius | Not billable |