S68

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Traumatic amputation of wrist, hand and fingers

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

Coding Guidance

S68 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 (6)

S68.0Traumatic metacarpophalangeal amputation of thumbCategory→S68.1Traumatic metacarpophalangeal amputation of other and unspecified fingerCategory→S68.4Traumatic amputation of hand at wrist levelCategory→S68.5Traumatic transphalangeal amputation of thumbCategory→S68.6Traumatic transphalangeal amputation of other and unspecified fingerCategory→S68.7Traumatic transmetacarpal amputation of 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 S68

Traumatic metacarpophalangeal amputation of thumb

S68.0›

Traumatic metacarpophalangeal amputation of other and unspecified finger

S68.1›

Traumatic amputation of hand at wrist level

S68.4›

Traumatic transphalangeal amputation of thumb

S68.5›

Traumatic transphalangeal amputation of other and unspecified finger

S68.6›

Traumatic transmetacarpal amputation of hand

S68.7›

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