S51.80

Non-billable

Unspecified open wound of forearm

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)

S51.8Open wound of forearmCategory→S51.81Laceration without foreign body of forearmCategory→S51.82Laceration with foreign body of forearmCategory→S51.83Puncture wound without foreign body of forearmCategory→S51.84Puncture wound with foreign body of forearmCategory→S51.85Open bite of forearmCategory→S51.801Unspecified open wound of right forearmCategory→S51.802Unspecified open wound of left forearmCategory→S51.809Unspecified open wound of unspecified forearmCategory→

Chapter Information

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

Range: S00-T88

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Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for S51.80

Open wound of forearm

Laceration without foreign body of forearm

Laceration with foreign body of forearm

Puncture wound without foreign body of forearm

Puncture wound with foreign body of forearm

Open bite of forearm

Unspecified open wound of right forearm

Unspecified open wound of left forearm

Unspecified open wound of unspecified forearm