Kodex

Section

S69.8

Other specified injuries of wrist, hand and finger(s)

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)
  - S69 Other and unspecified injuries of wrist, hand and finger(s)
    - S69.8 Other specified injuries of wrist, hand and finger(s)
      - S69.80 Other specified injuries of unspecified wrist, hand and finger(s)
      - S69.81 Other specified injuries of right wrist, hand and finger(s)
      - S69.82 Other specified injuries of left wrist, hand and finger(s)

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.

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

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