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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 S68.629A
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S68.629A
Partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation of unspecified finger, initial encounter
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- S68.629A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- Short description: Partial traumatic trnsphal amputation of unsp finger, init
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S68.629A became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S68.629A - other international versions of ICD-10 S68.629A may differ.
The following code(s) above
S68.629A 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
S68.629A:
- 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.-)
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes - S60-S69
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S60-S69
Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers
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
Traumatic amputation of wrist, hand and fingers
Approximate Synonyms
- Partial traumatic left finger amputation
- Partial traumatic right finger amputation
- Traumatic amputation of left fingertip
- Traumatic amputation of right fingertip
- Traumatic left fingertip amputation
- Traumatic partial transphalangeal amputation of left finger
- Traumatic partial transphalangeal amputation of right finger
- Traumatic right fingertip amputation
ICD-10-CM S68.629A is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v38.0):
- 913 Traumatic injury with mcc
- 914 Traumatic injury without mcc
- 963 Other multiple significant trauma with mcc
- 964 Other multiple significant trauma with cc
- 965 Other multiple significant trauma without cc/mcc
Convert S68.629A 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 S68.629A
S68.627 Partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation of left little finger
S68.628 Partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation of other finger
S68.629 Partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation of unspecified finger
S68.629A
…… initial encounter
S68.7 Traumatic transmetacarpal amputation of hand
S68.71 Complete traumatic transmetacarpal amputation of hand
S68.711 Complete traumatic transmetacarpal amputation of right hand
S68.712 Complete traumatic transmetacarpal amputation of left hand
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.