S52.342C - Displaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, left arm, initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC
ICD-10-CM Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes · S50-S59 Injuries to the elbow and forearm (S50-S59) · Subcategory of S52.342 · FY2027
7th character C: initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC
Coding Guidance
7th character C: initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC.
Includes, Excludes and Coding Notes
Mutually exclusive: these conditions are never reported together with this code.
- traumatic amputation of forearm (S58.-)
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- fracture at wrist and hand level (S62.-)
- periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic elbow joint (M97.4)
Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.
- A fracture not indicated as displaced or nondisplaced should be coded to displaced
- A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed
- The open fracture designations are based on the Gustilo open fracture classification
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
- frostbite (T33-T34)
- injuries of wrist and hand (S60-S69)
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
Not part of this code; report both codes when the patient has both conditions.
- birth trauma (P10-P15)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
Add a secondary code to identify the associated condition or cause when it is documented.
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Instructional notes from the ICD-10-CM tabular list.
- Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
- The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
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Codes at the same level as S52.342C
- Displaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, left arm, initial encounter for closed fractureS52.342A
- Displaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, left arm, initial encounter for open fracture type I or IIS52.342B
- Displaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, left arm, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healingS52.342D
- Displaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, left arm, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healingS52.342E
- Displaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, left arm, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healingS52.342F
- Displaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, left arm, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with delayed healingS52.342G
- Displaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, left arm, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with delayed healingS52.342H
- Displaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, left arm, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healingS52.342J
- Displaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, left arm, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunionS52.342K
- Displaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, left arm, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with nonunionS52.342M
- Displaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, left arm, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with nonunionS52.342N
- Displaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, left arm, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with malunionS52.342P
- Displaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, left arm, subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with malunionS52.342Q
- Displaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, left arm, subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with malunionS52.342R
- Displaced spiral fracture of shaft of radius, left arm, sequelaS52.342S