S63

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Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments at wrist and hand level

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

Coding Guidance

S63 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 (9)

S63.0Subluxation and dislocation of wrist and hand jointsCategory→S63.1Subluxation and dislocation of thumbCategory→S63.2Subluxation and dislocation of other finger(s)Category→S63.3Traumatic rupture of ligament of wristCategory→S63.4Traumatic rupture of ligament of finger at metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joint(s)Category→S63.5Other and unspecified sprain of wristCategory→S63.6Other and unspecified sprain of finger(s)Category→S63.8Sprain of other part of wrist and handCategory→S63.9Sprain of unspecified part 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 S63

Subluxation and dislocation of wrist and hand joints

S63.0›

Subluxation and dislocation of thumb

S63.1›

Subluxation and dislocation of other finger(s)

S63.2›

Traumatic rupture of ligament of wrist

S63.3›

Traumatic rupture of ligament of finger at metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joint(s)

S63.4›

Other and unspecified sprain of wrist

S63.5›

Other and unspecified sprain of finger(s)

S63.6›

Sprain of other part of wrist and hand

S63.8›

Sprain of unspecified part of wrist and hand

S63.9›

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