DxCodebookFY2027 · Oct 1, 2026 – Sep 30, 2027

Category · FY2027

S69 Other and unspecified injuries of wrist, hand and finger(s)

  • Header · not billable
  • Codes take a 7th character

S69 is not billable. The category heads 18 billable codes in FY2027, grouped under 2 subdivisions. Its codes take a 7th character, so none is complete with fewer than 7 characters.

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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)
  3. S69 Other and unspecified injuries of wrist, hand and finger(s)
Billable codes
18
Subdivisions
2
CC / MCC codes
0 / 0
HCC V28 codes
0
New FY2027
0
Index entries
8

Codes in S69

  1. S69.8
    Other specified injuries of wrist, hand and finger(s)
    Header
  2. S69.80
    Other specified injuries of unspecified wrist, hand and finger(s) +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  3. S69.81
    Other specified injuries of right wrist, hand and finger(s) +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  4. S69.82
    Other specified injuries of left wrist, hand and finger(s) +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  5. S69.9
    Unspecified injury of wrist, hand and finger(s)
    Header
  6. S69.90
    Unspecified injury of unspecified wrist, hand and finger(s) +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  7. S69.91
    Unspecified injury of right wrist, hand and finger(s) +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters
  8. S69.92
    Unspecified injury of left wrist, hand and finger(s) +7th: A D S
    Needs 7th characterExempt: 2 of 3 7th characters

Sources of each column. Rows marked +7th need a 7th character: pick one to build the full code; its code card has its own flags.

Instructions

Notes that also apply

Block S60-S69 instructions (Excludes2 3): printed on the block page.

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

7th characters

7th characters for S69 defined here

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S69

7th characters for S69
7thMeaning (NCHS)
Ainitial encounter
Dsubsequent encounter
Ssequela

A code that takes a 7th character is invalid without it; the placeholder X fills a code shorter than 6 characters (Official Guidelines I.A.5). How 7th characters work.

Index entries

  • Injuryfinger (nail) → S69.9-
  • Injuryhand → S69.9-
  • Injurythumb → S69.9-
  • Injurywrist → S69.9-
  • Injuryfinger (nail)specified NEC → S69.8-
  • Injuryhandspecified NEC → S69.8-
  • Injurythumbspecified NEC → S69.8-
  • Injurywristspecified NEC → S69.8-

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