ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S60-S69 › S68.4 Traumatic amputation of hand at wrist level › S68.42

S68.42

Partial traumatic amputation of hand at wrist level

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:

  • S68.421 Partial traumatic amputation of right hand at wrist level (also a header)
  • S68.422 Partial traumatic amputation of left hand at wrist level (also a header)
  • S68.429 Partial traumatic amputation of unspecified hand at wrist level (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 Partial traumatic amputation of hand at wrist level

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 S68 Traumatic amputation of wrist, hand and fingers

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)

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
S68.41 Complete traumatic amputation of hand at wrist level Not billable