kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Code

S66.508A

initial encounter

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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)
      • S66 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at wrist and hand level
        • S66.5 Injury of intrinsic muscle, fascia and tendon of other and unspecified finger at wrist and hand level
          • S66.50 Unspecified injury of intrinsic muscle, fascia and tendon of other and unspecified finger at wrist and hand level
            • S66.508 Unspecified injury of intrinsic muscle, fascia and tendon of other finger at wrist and hand level

Long Title

S66.508A

  • Unspecified injury of intrinsic muscle, fascia and tendon of other finger at wrist and hand level initial encounter

Notes

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.

Inclusion Terms

S66.508A

  • Unspecified injury of intrinsic muscle, fascia and tendon of specified finger with unspecified laterality at wrist and hand level

S66.508

  • Unspecified injury of intrinsic muscle, fascia and tendon of specified finger with unspecified laterality at wrist and hand level

Code Also

S66

  • any associated open wound (S61.-)
    • S61 Open wound of wrist, hand and fingers

Use Additional

S00-T88

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

Excludes 1

S00-T88

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

Excludes 2

S66.5

  • S66.4 Injury of intrinsic muscle, fascia and tendon of thumb at wrist and hand level

S66

  • sprain of joints and ligaments of wrist and hand (S63.-)
    • S63 Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments at wrist and hand level

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