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Deepak
Ansys Employee
Here I included only sliding and sticking element, 
ESEL,S,ETAB,ELSTAT,2,3             !selects element in contact (stat=2 sliding,stat=3 sticking)

To include all types of contact elements (far,near,sliding,sticking), you can change the ESEL to:
ESEL,S,ETAB,ELSTAT,0,3             !selects element in contact.

Thanks,
Deepak