ICD-10 code S12.14XS: Sequela coding for C2 fractures
ICD-10 code S12.14XS is the billable code for a healed Type III fracture of the second cervical vertebra. The official descriptor reads Type III traumatic spondylolisthesis of second cervical vertebra, sequela. Put plainly, the C2 fracture healed and the patient came back for what it left behind. That last part is where claims come apart. […]
ICD-10 Code M92.8: Other specified juvenile osteochondrosis
M92.8 covers other specified juvenile osteochondrosis, including Kohler and Calve’s disease. M92 and M92.0-M92.7 aren’t billable alone.
ICD-10 Code M89.9: Disorder of bone, unspecified
M89.9 is billable for disorder of bone, unspecified, and the only M89 code that bills at four characters. Use it when no type is documented.
ICD-10 code S49.032D: Salter-Harris Type III physeal fracture, left arm
S49.032D is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code. It describes a Salter-Harris Type III physeal fracture of the upper end of the left humerus, coded for a subsequent encounter with routine healing. Fractures at this site are almost exclusively pediatric injuries, involving the growth plate where active bone development happens. The code is valid for the […]
ICD-10 code S52.242J: Displaced spiral ulna shaft fracture
ICD-10 code S52.242J is the diagnosis code for a displaced spiral fracture of the shaft of the ulna, left arm. It applies at a subsequent encounter for an open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with delayed healing. Every part of that description is encoded in the seven characters. Start with the bone, because that […]
ICD-10 code S52.209K: Ulna shaft fracture nonunion
S52.209K is the ICD-10-CM code for an unspecified ulna shaft fracture, subsequent encounter for closed fracture with nonunion.
ICD-10 code S51.801S: Open wound of right forearm, sequela
S51.801S is the ICD-10-CM code for an unspecified open wound of the right forearm, sequela. It is valid and billable for the current fiscal year, per the CDC/NCHS ICD-10-CM web tool. The code sits in Chapter 19, which covers injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes. Inside that chapter it belongs to the […]
ICD-10 code S49.102G: Physeal fracture, delayed healing
ICD-10 code S49.102G is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code, valid for HIPAA-covered transactions in fiscal year 2026. Its full description is: Unspecified physeal fracture of lower end of humerus, left arm, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing. Two details in that description cause most of the miscoding. The fracture sits at the lower (distal) […]
ICD-10 code S52.022E: Displaced left olecranon fracture
S52.022E is the left olecranon code for a follow-up visit after an open type I or II fracture that is healing normally.
ICD-10 Code S52.131B: Displaced open fracture of right radial neck
S52.131B covers a displaced fracture of the right radial neck, open type I or II. Code structure, 7th characters, and documentation.