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ICD-10-CM Code for Fracture of forearm S52

ICD-10 code S52 for Fracture of forearm is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes .

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Official Long Descriptor

Fracture of forearm
Note: 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
Excludes1: traumatic amputation of forearm (S58.-)
Excludes2: fracture at wrist and hand level (S62.-)
periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic elbow joint (M97.4)
 
S52 Fracture of forearm
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Fracture of upper end of ulna
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Fracture of upper end of radius
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Fracture of shaft of ulna
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Fracture of shaft of radius
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Fracture of lower end of radius
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Fracture of lower end of ulna
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Unspecified fracture of forearm

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Place of Occurrence
Hello, I'm an Educator for Outpatient facility coding and need some feedback on interpreting POO guideline ch 20.b ...POO is assigned only once, at the initial encounter for treatment... We code for ... [ Read More ]
Closed Treatment Distal Ulnar Fracture closed fracture care fracture care ulnar
I am searching for Closed Treatment of Distal Ulnar Fracture. Neither the Radius nor the Ulnar Styloid are mentioned. The physician coded 25545 (Open treatment Ulnar Shaft) and S52.691A for other frac... [ Read More ]
Radial Shaft Fracture w/ Galeazzi Variant CPT 25515 25525 galeazzi radial shaft fracture
Hello Everyone, I wasn't sure whether this particular instance is better described as [B]25515 or 22525[/B]. No percutaneous fixation was performed so I'm not sure if 25525 qualifies, but there is a G... [ Read More ]
Cpt and modifiers
Hi my name is Millie and I work for a Orthopedics: Patient came in through the emergency 02/04/2020 and was admitted for surgery the same day. Discharged 02/05/2020. I billed 99285-57 25609 LT 25... [ Read More ]
Fracture treatment - new or non-union? fracture
So I'm confused on this one. The Doctor is treating patient for the first time but patient has a non-union and a new fracture on the same bone. Debating between 25405 or 25545 for the procedure and wh... [ Read More ]
Post Op
Depends...... I'll use a subsequent encounter code if available, e.g., S52.502D, or a status code. Our billing service doesn't even transmit the 99024 unless there's an xray or something that needs to... [ Read More ]
99212 OR 99213 follow up fracture care
This is global to the fracture care so you would bill the 99024, if it was not billed as fx care then I would say 99212. For the diagnosis code only the S52.122D, the Z47.89 has an excludes 1 exclus... [ Read More ]
99212 OR 99213 follow up fracture care
Would like to have this office visit "audited" by another coder on the e/m visit code. CC: Left Elbow Fracture DOI 10-14-2019 HPI: X-rays performed in house No complaints. He is here ... [ Read More ]
Fracture Diagnosis fracture coding
Will someone please shed some light on fracture diagnosis coding? Specifically pertaining to coding to the highest specificity when the provider is not too specific in their note. Example: Orthopedic... [ Read More ]
Unspecified vs. other
[QUOTE="cliff.chen89, post: 455426, member: 328758"] So going back to Ash82's question, do you mind clarifying if ICD10 code "S52.501A" would be acceptable to report if the Medical documentation simpl... [ Read More ]
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