DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

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

  1. Chapter 19 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  2. 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

    Superficial injury of wrist, hand and fingers

    Tache noir → S60.22-

    • 522 billable codes
  • S61

    Open wound of wrist, hand and fingers

    Puncturehand → S61.439

    • 576 billable codes
  • S62

    Fracture at wrist and hand level

    Bennett's fracture (displaced) → S62.21-

    • 1,911 billable codes
    • 819 CC
  • S63

    Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments at wrist and hand level

    Subluxationthumb → S63.103

    • 921 billable codes
  • S64

    Injury of nerves at wrist and hand level

    Injurynerve NEChand → S64.9-

    • 84 billable codes
  • S65

    Injury of blood vessels at wrist and hand level

    Injuryblood vessel NECthumb → S65.40-

    • 279 billable codes
    • 93 CC
  • S66

    Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at wrist and hand level

    Injurymuscle (and fascia) (and tendon)hand (level) → S66.90-

    • 540 billable codes
    • 45 CC
  • S67

    Crushing injury of wrist, hand and fingers

    Crush, crushed, crushingthumb → S67.0-

    • 75 billable codes
  • S68

    Traumatic amputation of wrist, hand and fingers

    Amputationtraumatic (complete) (partial)hand (complete) (wrist level) → S68.41-

    • 192 billable codes
    • 12 CC
    • 12 with HCC
  • S69

    Other and unspecified injuries of wrist, hand and finger(s)

    Injuryhand → S69.9-

    • 18 billable codes

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

Excludes2

  • burns and corrosions (T20-T32) T20 T32
  • frostbite (T33-T34) T33 T34
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4) T63.4

Notes that also apply

Chapter 19 instructions (Notes 2, Excludes2 2, Use additional code 1): printed on the chapter 19 page.