S42.449

The ICD-10-CM code for incarcerated fracture of medial epicondyle of unsp humerus is S42.449. The full clinical description is "Incarcerated fracture (avulsion) of medial epicondyle of unspecified humerus". S42.449 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code S42.449 represents “Incarcerated fracture (avulsion) of medial epicondyle of unspecified 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, S42.449 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 S42.449.

S42.449 is in Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes S00-T88).

S42.449 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.-).

S42.449 has 7 child codes, including: S42.449A (Incarcerated fx of medial epicondyl of unsp humerus, init), S42.449B (Incarcerated fx of med epicondyl of unsp humer, 7thB), S42.449D (Incarcerated fx of med epicondyl of unsp humer, 7thD), S42.449G (Incarcerated fx of med epicondyl of unsp humer, 7thG), and 3 more.

Yes, when using S42.449, also report: any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-).

S42.449 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C2841743. 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 S42.449 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.