S52.27

The ICD-10-CM code for monteggia's fracture of ulna is S52.27. The full clinical description is "Monteggia's fracture of ulna". S52.27 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code S52.27 represents “Monteggia's fracture of ulna”. 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, S52.27 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 S52.27.

S52.27 is in Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes S00-T88).

S52.27 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: birth trauma (P10-P15); obstetric trauma (O70-O71); traumatic amputation of forearm (S58.-).

S52.27 has 3 child codes, including: S52.271 (Monteggia's fracture of right ulna), S52.272 (Monteggia's fracture of left ulna), S52.279 (Monteggia's fracture of unspecified ulna).

Yes, when using S52.27, also report: any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-).

S52.27 is linked to 2 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C2845335, C2845336. 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 S52.27 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.