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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 S68.61
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S68.61
Complete traumatic transphalangeal amputation of other and unspecified finger(s)
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- S68.61 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- Short description: Complete traumatic trnsphal amputation of and unsp finger(s)
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S68.61 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S68.61 - other international versions of ICD-10 S68.61 may differ.
The following code(s) above
S68.61 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
S68.61:
- 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
- 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
- Amputation - see also Absence, by site, acquired
- traumatic (complete) (partial)
- finger (complete) (metacarpophalangeal) S68.11-
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S68.11-
Complete traumatic metacarpophalangeal amputation of other and unspecified finger
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- transphalangeal (complete) S68.61-
- index S68.61-
- little S68.61-
- middle S68.61-
- ring S68.61-
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S68.61
S68.522 Partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation of left thumb
S68.529 Partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation of unspecified thumb
S68.6 Traumatic transphalangeal amputation of other and unspecified finger
S68.61
Complete traumatic transphalangeal amputation of other and unspecified finger(s)
S68.610 Complete traumatic transphalangeal amputation of right index finger
S68.611 Complete traumatic transphalangeal amputation of left index finger
S68.612 Complete traumatic transphalangeal amputation of right middle finger
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
