Kodex

Section

S66.82

Laceration of other specified muscles, fascia and tendons 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)
  - S66 Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at wrist and hand level
    - S66.8 Injury of other specified muscles, fascia and tendons at wrist and hand level
      - S66.82 Laceration of other specified muscles, fascia and tendons at wrist and hand level
        
        S66.821 Laceration of other specified muscles, fascia and tendons at wrist and hand level, right hand
        
        S66.822 Laceration of other specified muscles, fascia and tendons at wrist and hand level, left hand
        
        S66.829 Laceration of other specified muscles, fascia and tendons at wrist and hand level, unspecified hand

Notes

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.

Code Also

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

Use Additional

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

Excludes 1

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

Excludes 2

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

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