959.3 - Elbow, Forearm, And Wrist Injury
The ICD 9 Code for Elbow, forearm, and wrist injury is listed as 959.3.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
| ICD 9 CM Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Diagnosis Code: | 959.3 |
| Long Description: | Elbow, forearm, and wrist injury |
| Short Description: | Elb/forearm/wrst inj NOS |
| Chapter: | Injury And Poisoning |
| Block: | Certain Traumatic Complications And Unspecified Injuries (958-959) |
| Related Descriptions: |
Bowstringing of tendon, wrist or hand
Compartment syndrome of upper limb Complete division, both flexor tendons Complete division, flexor digitorum superficialis tendon Foreign body left in elbow Foreign body left in wrist Injury of elbow Injury of extensor or abductor muscles and tendons of thumb at forearm level Injury of forearm Injury of multiple muscles and tendons at forearm level Injury of muscle and tendon at forearm level Injury of wrist Massive multi tissue damage lower arm Metal foreign body in elbow Metal foreign body in forearm Metal foreign body in wrist Pellet wound of elbow Pellet wound of forearm Pellet wound of wrist Severe multi tissue damage lower arm Traumatic division of wrist ligament Triangular fibrocartilage tear |
| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): | |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | S59.809A - Other specified injuries of unspecified elbow, initial encounter (approximate) |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | S59.819A - Other specified injuries unspecified forearm, initial encounter (approximate) |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | S59.909A - Unspecified injury of unspecified elbow, initial encounter (approximate) |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | S59.919A - Unspecified injury of unspecified forearm, initial encounter (approximate) |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | S69.80XA - Other specified injuries of unspecified wrist, hand and finger(s), initial encounter (approximate) |
| ICD-10-CM Code: | S69.90XA - Unspecified injury of unspecified wrist, hand and finger(s), initial encounter (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 959.3: | |
| 959.2 - Shoulder and upper arm injury | |
| 959.4 - Hand, except finger injury | |
| 959.5 - Finger injury | |
| 959.6 - Hip and thigh injury | |
| 959.7 - Knee, leg, ankle, and foot injury | |
| 959.8 - Other specified sites, including multiple injury | |
| 959.9 - Unspecified site injury | |