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ICD-10-CM Codes
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S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
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S60-S69
Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers
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S68-
Traumatic amputation of wrist, hand and fingers
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S68.422S
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S68.422S
Partial traumatic amputation of left hand at wrist level, sequela
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code POA Exempt
- S68.422S is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- Short description: Partial traumatic amp of left hand at wrist level, sequela
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S68.422S became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S68.422S - other international versions of ICD-10 S68.422S may differ.
The following code(s) above
S68.422S contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
S68.422S:
- S00-T88
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causesNote- Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
Use Additional- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
- S60-S69
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S60-S69
Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers
- S68
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S68
Traumatic amputation of wrist, hand and fingers
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- An amputation not identified as partial or complete should be coded to complete
- S68.4
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S68.4
Traumatic amputation of hand at wrist level
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- Traumatic amputation of hand NOS
- Traumatic amputation of wrist
POA Help
"Present On Admission" is defined as present at the time the order for inpatient admission occurs — conditions that develop during an outpatient encounter, including emergency department, observation, or outpatient surgery, are considered POA.
- S68.422S is considered exempt from POA reporting.
ICD-10-CM S68.422S is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 559 Aftercare, musculoskeletal system and connective tissue with mcc
- 560 Aftercare, musculoskeletal system and connective tissue with cc
- 561 Aftercare, musculoskeletal system and connective tissue without cc/mcc
Convert S68.422S to ICD-9-CM
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S68.422S
S68.42 Partial traumatic amputation of hand at wrist level
S68.421 Partial traumatic amputation of right hand at wrist level
S68.422 Partial traumatic amputation of left hand at wrist level
S68.422S
…… sequela
S68.429 Partial traumatic amputation of unspecified hand at wrist level
S68.5 Traumatic transphalangeal amputation of thumb
S68.51 Complete traumatic transphalangeal amputation of thumb
S68.511 Complete traumatic transphalangeal amputation of right thumb
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
