Wrist or hand or fingers, amputation, injury/trauma
ICD10 Diagnosis | |
Dx: | Wrist or hand or fingers, amputation, injury/trauma |
ICD10 code: | S68 |
Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | Amputation, Extremity - Fracture /Amp and vasc-POST OP, Extremity - Fracture /Amp and vasc-NON POST OP |
Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
APACHE Como Component: | none |
APACHE Acute Component: | none |
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Stop Date: | |
External ICD10 Documentation |
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Additional Info
- This is for coding a traumatic amputation --- i.e. the injury itself amputated the body part(s).
- It is not for coding a surgical amputation -- that is a surgical procedure coded with CCI.
Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition
- Forearm, amputation, injury/trauma
- Shoulder or upper arm, amputation, injury/trauma
- Upper limb (arm), level not specified/NOS, amputation, injury/trauma
- Wrist or hand or fingers, joints or ligaments, dislocation/sprain/strain, injury/trauma
- Wrist or hand or fingers, open wound, injury/trauma
- Wrist or hand or finger bones, fracture, injury/trauma
- Wrist or hand or fingers, nerves, wound/injury/trauma
- Wrist or hand or fingers, blood vessels, wound/injury/trauma
- Wrist or hand or fingers, muscles/tendons, wound/injury/trauma
- Wrist or hand or fingers, wound/injury/trauma, NOS
- Wrist or hand or fingers, superficial injury/trauma (minor, contusion)
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