Traumatic amputation of wrist, hand and fingers

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:

S68.0 Traumatic metacarpophalangeal amputation of thumb (also a header)
S68.1 Traumatic metacarpophalangeal amputation of other and unspecified finger (also a header)
S68.4 Traumatic amputation of hand at wrist level (also a header)
S68.5 Traumatic transphalangeal amputation of thumb (also a header)
S68.6 Traumatic transphalangeal amputation of other and unspecified finger (also a header)
S68.7 Traumatic transmetacarpal amputation of hand (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 Traumatic amputation of wrist, hand and fingers

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.

This code

Seventh character required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S68

Also known as

An amputation not identified as partial or complete should be coded to complete

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)