ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S60-S69 › S62.22 Rolando's fracture › S62.223

S62.223

Displaced Rolando's fracture, unspecified hand

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 7 more specific codes instead:

  • S62.223A Displaced Rolando's fracture, unspecified hand, initial encounter for closed fracture
  • S62.223B Displaced Rolando's fracture, unspecified hand, initial encounter for open fracture
  • S62.223D Displaced Rolando's fracture, unspecified hand, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
  • S62.223G Displaced Rolando's fracture, unspecified hand, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
  • S62.223K Displaced Rolando's fracture, unspecified hand, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
  • S62.223P Displaced Rolando's fracture, unspecified hand, subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
  • S62.223S Displaced Rolando's fracture, unspecified hand, sequela

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

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 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. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Displaced Rolando's fracture, unspecified hand

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
S62.221 Displaced Rolando's fracture, right hand Not billable
S62.222 Displaced Rolando's fracture, left hand Not billable
S62.224 Nondisplaced Rolando's fracture, right hand Not billable
S62.225 Nondisplaced Rolando's fracture, left hand Not billable
S62.226 Nondisplaced Rolando's fracture, unspecified hand Not billable