S62

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Fracture at wrist and hand level

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Coding Guidance

S62 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.

Additional Information

From parent codes: S00-T88 (Chapter 19)

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S00-T88

Excludes1 means 'NOT CODED HERE!' An Excludes1 note indicates mutually exclusive codes: two conditions that cannot be reported together.

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

Use Additional CodeFrom S00-T88

The 'use additional code' note instructs that a secondary code should be added to provide more detail.

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

More Specific Codes (7)

S62.0Fracture of navicular [scaphoid] bone of wristCategory→S62.1Fracture of other and unspecified carpal bone(s)Category→S62.2Fracture of first metacarpal boneCategory→S62.3Fracture of other and unspecified metacarpal boneCategory→S62.5Fracture of thumbCategory→S62.6Fracture of other and unspecified finger(s)Category→S62.9Unspecified fracture of wrist and handCategory→

Chapter Information

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Range: S00-T88

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Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for S62

Fracture of navicular [scaphoid] bone of wrist

S62.0›

Fracture of other and unspecified carpal bone(s)

S62.1›

Fracture of first metacarpal bone

S62.2›

Fracture of other and unspecified metacarpal bone

S62.3›

Fracture of thumb

S62.5›

Fracture of other and unspecified finger(s)

S62.6›

Unspecified fracture of wrist and hand

S62.9›

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