S49.10

The ICD-10-CM code for unspecified physeal fracture of lower end of humerus is S49.10. The full clinical description is "Unspecified physeal fracture of lower end of humerus". S49.10 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code S49.10 represents “Unspecified physeal fracture of lower end of 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, S49.10 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 3 child codes under S49.10.

S49.10 is in Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes S00-T88).

S49.10 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: birth trauma (P10-P15); obstetric trauma (O70-O71).

S49.10 has 3 child codes, including: S49.101 (Unsp physeal fracture of lower end of humerus, right arm), S49.102 (Unsp physeal fracture of lower end of humerus, left arm), S49.109 (Unsp physeal fracture of lower end of humerus, unsp arm).

Yes, when using S49.10, also report: any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-).

S49.10 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C2843479. 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 S49.10 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.