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S57 - Crushing injury of elbow and forearm


The ICD 10 Code for Crushing injury of elbow and forearm is listed as S57.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.

ICD 10 CM Field Value
Diagnosis Code: S57
Description: Crushing injury of elbow and forearm
  • Use additional code(s) for all associated injuries
  • Excludes2: crushing injury of wrist and hand (S67.-)
  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S57
  • A - initial encounter
  • D - subsequent encounter
  • S - sequela
Chapter Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of S57:
S57.0 - Crushing injury of elbow
S57.8 - Crushing injury of forearm