Block · Chapter 19
S60-S69 Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers (S60-S69)
Block S60-S69 groups 10 categories with 5,118 billable codes in FY2027.
Where it sits
- Chapter 19 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- S60-S69 Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers (S60-S69)
Neighbouring blocks
- Categories
- 10
- Billable codes
- 5,118
- CC codes
- 969
- MCC codes
- 0
- HCC V28 codes
- 12
- New FY2027
- 0
Categories in S60-S69
- S60
- S61
- S62
- S63
Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments at wrist and hand level
Subluxation›thumb → S63.103
- 921 billable codes
- S64
- S65
Injury of blood vessels at wrist and hand level
Injury›blood vessel NEC›thumb → S65.40-
- 279 billable codes
- 93 CC
- S66
Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at wrist and hand level
Injury›muscle (and fascia) (and tendon)›hand (level) → S66.90-
- 540 billable codes
- 45 CC
- S67
- S68
Traumatic amputation of wrist, hand and fingers
Amputation›traumatic (complete) (partial)›hand (complete) (wrist level) → S68.41-
- 192 billable codes
- 12 CC
- 12 with HCC
- S69
Index main terms
- Injury → S60, S64, S65, S66, S69 (141 entries)
- Fracture, traumatic (abduction) (adduction) (separation) → S62 (114 entries)
- Laceration → S61 (76 entries)
- Puncture → S61 (76 entries)
- Dislocation (articular) → S63 (57 entries)
- Subluxation → S63 (57 entries)
- Bite(s) (animal) (human) → S60, S61 (34 entries)
- Wound, open → S61 (34 entries)
- Rupture, ruptured → S63 (30 entries)
- Amputation → S68 (28 entries)
- Sprain (joint) (ligament) → S63 (26 entries)
- Contusion (skin surface intact) → S60 (14 entries)
- Crush, crushed, crushing → S67 (11 entries)
- Abrasion → S60 (8 entries)
- Blister (nonthermal) → S60 (8 entries)
+8 more main terms; the search box finds them by word.
Block instructions
Notes that also apply
Chapter 19 instructions (Notes 2, Excludes2 2, Use additional code 1): printed on the chapter 19 page.