S51.84Puncture wound with foreign body of forearm

S51.84 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for puncture wound with foreign body of forearm. It belongs to category S51 (open wound 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 S51.8 (open wound of forearm), S51.84 is specifically for puncture wound with foreign body of forearm. Related codes cover unspecified open wound of forearm (S51.80), laceration without foreign body of forearm (S51.81), laceration with foreign body of forearm (S51.82), puncture wound without foreign body of forearm (S51.83) and open bite of forearm (S51.85).

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.

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