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S62.338B

Displaced fracture of neck of other metacarpal bone, initial encounter for open fracture

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Displaced fracture of neck of other metacarpal bone, initial encounter for open fracture

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
S62.338A Displaced fracture of neck of other metacarpal bone, initial encounter for closed fracture Valid
S62.338D Displaced fracture of neck of other metacarpal bone, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing Valid
S62.338G Displaced fracture of neck of other metacarpal bone, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing Valid
S62.338K Displaced fracture of neck of other metacarpal bone, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion Valid
S62.338P Displaced fracture of neck of other metacarpal bone, subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion Valid
S62.338S Displaced fracture of neck of other metacarpal bone, sequela Valid