S65

Non-billableSave

Injury of blood vessels at wrist and hand level

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

Coding Guidance

S65 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 (8)

S65.0Injury of ulnar artery at wrist and hand levelCategory→S65.1Injury of radial artery at wrist and hand levelCategory→S65.2Injury of superficial palmar archCategory→S65.3Injury of deep palmar archCategory→S65.4Injury of blood vessel of thumbCategory→S65.5Injury of blood vessel of other and unspecified fingerCategory→S65.8Injury of other blood vessels at wrist and hand levelCategory→S65.9Injury of unspecified blood vessel 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 S65

Injury of ulnar artery at wrist and hand level

S65.0›

Injury of radial artery at wrist and hand level

S65.1›

Injury of superficial palmar arch

S65.2›

Injury of deep palmar arch

S65.3›

Injury of blood vessel of thumb

S65.4›

Injury of blood vessel of other and unspecified finger

S65.5›

Injury of other blood vessels at wrist and hand level

S65.8›

Injury of unspecified blood vessel at wrist and hand level

S65.9›

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