Kodex

Section

S62.9

Unspecified fracture of wrist and hand

Hierarchy

S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- S60-S69 Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers (S60-S69)
  - S62 Fracture at wrist and hand level
    - S62.9 Unspecified fracture of wrist and hand
      - S62.90 Unspecified fracture of unspecified wrist and hand
      - S62.91 Unspecified fracture of right wrist and hand
      - S62.92 Unspecified fracture of left wrist and hand

Notes

A fracture not indicated as displaced or nondisplaced should be coded to displaced
A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed

Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Use Additional

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

Excludes 1

traumatic amputation of wrist and hand (S68.-)
- S68 Traumatic amputation of wrist, hand and fingers

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

Excludes 2

fracture of distal parts of ulna and radius (S52.-)
- S52 Fracture of forearm

T20-T32 Burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
T33-T34 Frostbite (T33-T34)
insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
- T63.4 Toxic effect of venom of other arthropods