kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Section

S62

Fracture at wrist and hand level

Hierarchy

  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • S60-S69 Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers (S60-S69)
      • S62 Fracture at wrist and hand level
        • S62.0 Fracture of navicular [scaphoid] bone of wrist
        • S62.1 Fracture of other and unspecified carpal bone(s)
        • S62.2 Fracture of first metacarpal bone
        • S62.3 Fracture of other and unspecified metacarpal bone
        • S62.5 Fracture of thumb
        • S62.6 Fracture of other and unspecified finger(s)
        • S62.9 Unspecified fracture of wrist and hand

Notes

S62

  • A fracture not indicated as displaced or nondisplaced should be coded to displaced
  • A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed

S00-T88

  • Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
  • The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Use Additional

S00-T88

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
    • Z18 Retained foreign body fragments

Excludes 1

S62

  • traumatic amputation of wrist and hand (S68.-)
    • S68 Traumatic amputation of wrist, hand and fingers

S00-T88

  • P10-P15 Birth trauma (P10-P15)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Excludes 2

S62

  • fracture of distal parts of ulna and radius (S52.-)
    • S52 Fracture of forearm

S60-S69

  • T20-T32 Burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
  • T33-T34 Frostbite (T33-T34)
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
    • T63.4 Toxic effect of venom of other arthropods