S51.012A

Laceration without foreign body of left elbow, initial encounter

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30

Exclusions 9 never code together

S51code

Excludes1

open fracture of elbow and forearm (S52.- with open fracture 7th character)S52.-
traumatic amputation of elbow and forearm (S58.-)S58.-

Excludes2

Excludes2

Excludes2

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

7th character 3

A initial encounter this code

D subsequent encounter

S sequela

Instructional notes 4

S51code

Code also

Notes

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.

Use additional code

Index entries leading here 1

Alongside this code 2 same parent — S51.012

Additional references

AHA Coding Clinic® Licence required

Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.

Maps to no condition category in any loaded model.

Presence is a property of the code. Untick a model to hide it everywhere.

Present FY2024–FY2027.