S64

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Injury of nerves at wrist and hand level

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

Coding Guidance

S64 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)

S64.0Injury of ulnar nerve at wrist and hand levelCategory→S64.1Injury of median nerve at wrist and hand levelCategory→S64.2Injury of radial nerve at wrist and hand levelCategory→S64.3Injury of digital nerve of thumbCategory→S64.4Injury of digital nerve of other and unspecified fingerCategory→S64.8Injury of other nerves at wrist and hand levelCategory→S64.9Injury of unspecified nerve at wrist and hand levelCategory→

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 S64

Injury of ulnar nerve at wrist and hand level

S64.0›

Injury of median nerve at wrist and hand level

S64.1›

Injury of radial nerve at wrist and hand level

S64.2›

Injury of digital nerve of thumb

S64.3›

Injury of digital nerve of other and unspecified finger

S64.4›

Injury of other nerves at wrist and hand level

S64.8›

Injury of unspecified nerve at wrist and hand level

S64.9›

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