Injury of blood vessel of thumb

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 3 more specific codes instead:

S65.40 Unspecified injury of blood vessel of thumb (also a header)
S65.41 Laceration of blood vessel of thumb (also a header)
S65.49 Other specified injury of blood vessel of thumb (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.

FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Injury of blood vessel of thumb

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 S65 Injury of blood vessels at wrist and hand level

Seventh character required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S65

Code also

any associated open wound (S61.-)

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)

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S65.0	Injury of ulnar artery at wrist and hand level	Not billable
S65.1	Injury of radial artery at wrist and hand level	Not billable
S65.2	Injury of superficial palmar arch	Not billable
S65.3	Injury of deep palmar arch	Not billable
S65.5	Injury of blood vessel of other and unspecified finger	Not billable
S65.8	Injury of other blood vessels at wrist and hand level	Not billable
S65.9	Injury of unspecified blood vessel at wrist and hand level	Not billable