S42.448

The ICD-10-CM code for incarcerated fracture of medial epicondyle of l humerus is S42.448. The full clinical description is "Incarcerated fracture (avulsion) of medial epicondyle of left humerus". S42.448 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code S42.448 represents “Incarcerated fracture (avulsion) of medial epicondyle of left humerus”. It is classified under Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes and is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

No, S42.448 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 7 child codes under S42.448.

S42.448 is in Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes S00-T88).

S42.448 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: birth trauma (P10-P15); obstetric trauma (O70-O71); traumatic amputation of shoulder and upper arm (S48.-).

S42.448 has 7 child codes, including: S42.448A (Incarcerated fracture of medial epicondyl of l humerus, init), S42.448B (Incarcerated fx of med epicondyl of l humer, init for opn fx), S42.448D (Incarcerated fx of med epicondyl of l humer, 7thD), S42.448G (Incarcerated fx of med epicondyl of l humer, 7thG), and 3 more.

Yes, when using S42.448, also report: any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-).

S42.448 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C2841735. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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There is no direct ICD-11 mapping available for S42.448 in the WHO crosswalk tables. This may mean the concept is classified differently in ICD-11. Use the ICD-10 to ICD-11 converter to search for related codes.