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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 S68.729A
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S68.729A
Partial traumatic transmetacarpal amputation of unspecified hand, initial encounter
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Billable/Specific Code
- S68.729A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- Short description: Partial traumatic transmetcrpl amputation of unsp hand, init
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S68.729A became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S68.729A - other international versions of ICD-10 S68.729A may differ.
The following code(s) above
S68.729A 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
S68.729A:
- 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
ICD-10-CM S68.729A 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 S68.729A 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 S68.729A
S68.72 Partial traumatic transmetacarpal amputation of hand
S68.721 Partial traumatic transmetacarpal amputation of right hand
S68.722 Partial traumatic transmetacarpal amputation of left hand
S68.729 Partial traumatic transmetacarpal amputation of unspecified hand
S68.729A
…… initial encounter
S69 Other and unspecified injuries of wrist, hand and finger(s)
S69.8 Other specified injuries of wrist, hand and finger(s)
S69.80 Other specified injuries of unspecified wrist, hand and finger(s)
S69.81 Other specified injuries of right wrist, hand and finger(s)
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.