S50.87 Other superficial bite of forearm

Non-billable header with 3 child codes.

Excludes1 (never code together)

• open bite of forearm (S51.84)

Applies from S50 Superficial injury of elbow and forearm

Excludes2 (not included here)

• superficial injury of wrist and hand (S60.-)

7th character note

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S50

7th character required

• A — initial encounter
• D — subsequent encounter
• S — sequela

Codes under S50.87

• S50.871 Other superficial bite of right forearm
• S50.872 Other superficial bite of left forearm
• S50.879 Other superficial bite of unspecified forearm

Code annotations containing back-references to S50.87

Back-references to S50.87

• Type 1 Excludes: S51.85 Open bite of forearm ("superficial bite of forearm (S50.86, S50.87)")

Diagnosis Index entries for S50.87

• Bite (s) (animal) (human) › forearm › superficial NEC

Nearby codes

• S50.862S Insect bite (nonvenomous) of left forearm, sequela
• S50.869 Insect bite (nonvenomous) of unspecified forearm
• S50.869A Insect bite (nonvenomous) of unspecified forearm, initial encounter
• S50.869D Insect bite (nonvenomous) of unspecified forearm, subsequent encounter
• S50.869S Insect bite (nonvenomous) of unspecified forearm, sequela
• S50.87 Other superficial bite of forearm (this code)
• S50.871 Other superficial bite of right forearm
• S50.871A Other superficial bite of right forearm, initial encounter
• S50.871D Other superficial bite of right forearm, subsequent encounter
• S50.871S Other superficial bite of right forearm, sequela
• S50.872 Other superficial bite of left forearm