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S52.90

Non-billable

Unspecified fracture of unspecified 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 (19)

S52.9Unspecified fracture of forearm→S52.91Unspecified fracture of right forearm→S52.92Unspecified fracture of left forearm→S52.90XAUnspecified fracture of unspecified forearm (initial encounter for closed fracture)→S52.90XBUnspecified fracture of unspecified forearm (initial encounter for open fracture type I or II)→S52.90XCUnspecified fracture of unspecified forearm (initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC)→S52.90XDUnspecified fracture of unspecified forearm (subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing)→S52.90XEUnspecified fracture of unspecified forearm (subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing)→S52.90XFUnspecified fracture of unspecified forearm (subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing)→S52.90XGUnspecified fracture of unspecified forearm (subsequent encounter for closed fracture with delayed healing)→S52.90XHUnspecified fracture of unspecified forearm (subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with delayed healing)→S52.90XJUnspecified fracture of unspecified forearm (subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing)→S52.90XKUnspecified fracture of unspecified forearm (subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunion)→S52.90XMUnspecified fracture of unspecified forearm (subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with nonunion)→S52.90XNUnspecified fracture of unspecified forearm (subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with nonunion)→S52.90XPUnspecified fracture of unspecified forearm (subsequent encounter for closed fracture with malunion)→S52.90XQUnspecified fracture of unspecified forearm (subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with malunion)→S52.90XRUnspecified fracture of unspecified forearm (subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with malunion)→S52.90XSUnspecified fracture of unspecified forearm (sequela)→