Section
S64
Injury of nerves at wrist and hand level
Hierarchy
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S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
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S60-S69 Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers (S60-S69)
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S64 Injury of nerves at wrist and hand level
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S64.0 Injury of ulnar nerve at wrist and hand level
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S64.1 Injury of median nerve at wrist and hand level
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S64.2 Injury of radial nerve at wrist and hand level
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S64.3 Injury of digital nerve of thumb
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S64.4 Injury of digital nerve of other and unspecified finger
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S64.8 Injury of other nerves at wrist and hand level
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S64.9 Injury of unspecified nerve at wrist and hand level
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Notes
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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
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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.
Code Also
S64
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any associated open wound (S61.-)
- S61 Open wound of wrist, hand and fingers