S52.02Fracture of olecranon process without intraarticular extension of ulna

S52.02 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for fracture of olecranon process without intraarticular extension of ulna. It belongs to category S52 (fracture of 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 6 subcodes must be used instead.

Within S52.0, choose S52.02 (Fracture of olecranon process without intraarticular extension of ulna) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: unspecified fracture of upper end of ulna (S52.00), Torus fracture of upper end of ulna (S52.01), fracture of olecranon process with intraarticular extension of ulna (S52.03), fracture of coronoid process of ulna (S52.04) and other fracture of upper end of ulna (S52.09).

Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter for closed fracture, B for initial encounter for open fracture type I or II, C for initial encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC, D for subsequent encounter for closed fracture with routine healing, E for subsequent encounter for open fracture type I or II with routine healing, F for subsequent encounter for open fracture type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC with routine healing and 10 more. 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.