S50.87Other superficial bite of forearm

S50.87 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other superficial bite of forearm. It belongs to category S50 (superficial injury of elbow and forearm), block S50-S59 (injuries to the elbow and forearm) and chapter 19 (injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within S50.8, choose S50.87 (Other superficial bite of forearm) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: abrasion of forearm (S50.81), Blister (nonthermal) of forearm (S50.82), external constriction of forearm (S50.84), superficial foreign body of forearm (S50.85) and insect bite (nonvenomous) of forearm (S50.86).

Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter, D for subsequent encounter and S for sequela. Use placeholder "X" characters to fill any empty positions before the 7th character.

Don't report S50.87 together with the conditions in its Excludes1 note: open bite of forearm (S51.84).

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.