S51.00

Non-billable

Unspecified open wound of elbow

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Additional Information

From parent codes: S00-T88 (Chapter 19)

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S00-T88

Excludes1 means 'NOT CODED HERE!' An Excludes1 note indicates mutually exclusive codes: two conditions that cannot be reported together.

birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Use Additional CodeFrom S00-T88

The 'use additional code' note instructs that a secondary code should be added to provide more detail.

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

More Specific Codes (9)

S51.0Open wound of elbowCategory→S51.01Laceration without foreign body of elbowCategory→S51.02Laceration with foreign body of elbowCategory→S51.03Puncture wound without foreign body of elbowCategory→S51.04Puncture wound with foreign body of elbowCategory→S51.05Open bite of elbowCategory→S51.001Unspecified open wound of right elbowCategory→S51.002Unspecified open wound of left elbowCategory→S51.009Unspecified open wound of unspecified elbowCategory→

Chapter Information

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Range: S00-T88

View full chapter

Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for S51.00

Open wound of elbow

Laceration without foreign body of elbow

Laceration with foreign body of elbow

Puncture wound without foreign body of elbow

Puncture wound with foreign body of elbow

Open bite of elbow

Unspecified open wound of right elbow

Unspecified open wound of left elbow

Unspecified open wound of unspecified elbow