Diagnosis Code: 959.3

Short Description: Elb/forearm/wrst inj NOS

Long Description: Elbow, forearm, and wrist injury

Code Classification:

• Injury and poisoning (800–999)
  • Certain traumatic complications and unspecified injuries (958-959)
    • 959 Injury, other and unspecified
      • 959.3 Elb/forearm/wrst inj NOS

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Synonyms

• Bowstringing of tendon, wrist or hand
• Compartment syndrome of upper limb
• Complete division, both flexor tendons
• Complete division, flexor digitorum superficialis tendon
• Foreign body left in elbow
• Foreign body left in wrist
• Injury of elbow
• Injury of extensor or abductor muscles and tendons of thumb at forearm level
• Injury of forearm
• Injury of multiple muscles and tendons at forearm level
• Injury of muscle and tendon at forearm level
• Injury of wrist
• Massive multi tissue damage lower arm
• Metal foreign body in elbow
• Metal foreign body in forearm
• Metal foreign body in wrist
• Pellet wound of elbow
• Pellet wound of forearm
• Pellet wound of wrist
• Severe multi tissue damage lower arm
• Traumatic division of wrist ligament
• Triangular fibrocartilage tear

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 959.3 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Injury 959.9
  • elbow (and forearm) (and wrist) 959.3
  • forearm (and elbow) (and wrist) 959.3
  • wrist (and elbow) (and forearm) 959.3

Crosswalk Information

The code 959.3 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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