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ICD-10-CM 2027 diagnosis code

S59.8Other specified injuries of elbow and forearm

Not billable — use a more specific codeRequires 7th character

S59.8 is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself. Choose one of the 2 more specific codes beneath it and add the required 7th character.

Code unchanged since ICD-10-CM took effect on October 1, 2015. Source: official FY2027 ICD-10-CM release from CDC/NCHS and CMS. Page updated September 29, 2026. About our data

About S59.8

S59.8 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for other specified injuries of elbow and forearm. It belongs to category S59 (other and unspecified injuries 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 2 subcodes must be used instead.

Within S59, choose S59.8 (Other specified injuries of elbow and forearm) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: physeal fracture of lower end of ulna (S59.0), physeal fracture of upper end of radius (S59.1), physeal fracture of lower end of radius (S59.2) and unspecified injury of elbow and forearm (S59.9).

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.

7th character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code in subcategory S59.8

  • Ainitial encounter
  • Dsubsequent encounter
  • Ssequela

Notes that apply from higher levels

Instructions written at a parent level also apply to S59.8.

› From S59 Other and unspecified injuries of elbow and forearm
Excludes2
  • other and unspecified injuries of wrist and hand (S69.-)

Broader instructions also apply from S50-S59 Injuries to the elbow and forearm and Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Code history

  1. 2016
  2. 2017
  3. 2018
  4. 2019
  5. 2020
  6. 2021
  7. 2022
  8. 2023
  9. 2024
  10. 2025
  11. 2026
  12. 2027
  • FY2016 (effective 10/1/2015): Added (first year of ICD-10-CM)
  • No changes since FY2016.

Common questions about S59.8

Is S59.8 billable?

No. S59.8 is a header code. Report one of its more specific subcodes instead.