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  2. ICD-10-CM (2016)
  3. Chapter 19
  4. Section S50-S59
  5. Code S52.3

ICD-10-CM Code S52.3
Fracture of shaft of radius

NON-BILLABLE
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.
| ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016

ICD Code S52.3 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the ten child codes of S52.3 that describes the diagnosis 'fracture of shaft of radius' in more detail.

The ICD code S523 is used to code Galeazzi fracture

The Galeazzi fracture is a fracture of the radius with dislocation of the distal radioulnar joint. It classically involves an isolated fracture of the junction of the distal third and middle third of the radius with associated subluxation or dislocation of the distal radio-ulnar joint, the injury disrupts the forearm axis joint.

MeSH Code: 68011885

Galeazzi fracture. Arrow points at the dislocated ulnar head

Source: Wikipedia

Parent Code: S52 - Fracture of forearm

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