ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S60-S69 › S68.7 Traumatic transmetacarpal... › S68.71

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:

• S68.711 Complete traumatic transmetacarpal amputation of right hand (also a header)
• S68.712 Complete traumatic transmetacarpal amputation of left hand (also a header)
• S68.719 Complete traumatic transmetacarpal amputation of unspecified hand (also a header)

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

What has happened to this code

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.

• Stump
• Avulsion > limb
• Disarticulation
• Wound, open > palm
• Injury > hand > open
• Wound, open > hand > with > amputation
• Loss > limb or member, traumatic, current
• Disarticulation > meaning traumatic amputation
• Wound, open > genital organs, external > with amputation
• Amputation > traumatic > hand > transmetacarpal

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S68.72	Partial traumatic transmetacarpal amputation of hand	Not billable