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S62.17

Fracture of trapezium [larger multangular]

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 6 more specific codes instead:

  • S62.171 Displaced fracture of trapezium [larger multangular], right wrist (also a header)
  • S62.172 Displaced fracture of trapezium [larger multangular], left wrist (also a header)
  • S62.173 Displaced fracture of trapezium [larger multangular], unspecified wrist (also a header)
  • S62.174 Nondisplaced fracture of trapezium [larger multangular], right wrist (also a header)
  • S62.175 Nondisplaced fracture of trapezium [larger multangular], left wrist (also a header)
  • S62.176 Nondisplaced fracture of trapezium [larger multangular], unspecified wrist (also a header)

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Fracture of trapezium [larger multangular]

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from S62 Fracture at wrist and hand level

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S62

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • traumatic amputation of wrist and hand (S68.-)

Excludes2 - not included here

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

Note

  • 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

Inherited from the S60-S69 section Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers (S60-S69)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
  • frostbite (T33-T34)
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
S62.10 Fracture of unspecified carpal bone Not billable
S62.11 Fracture of triquetrum [cuneiform] bone of wrist Not billable
S62.12 Fracture of lunate [semilunar] Not billable
S62.13 Fracture of capitate [os magnum] bone Not billable
S62.14 Fracture of body of hamate [unciform] bone Not billable
S62.15 Fracture of hook process of hamate [unciform] bone Not billable
S62.16 Fracture of pisiform Not billable
S62.18 Fracture of trapezoid [smaller multangular] Not billable