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

The ICD-10 code section S69 covers a range of other and unspecified injuries affecting the wrist, hand, and fingers. These codes are used to classify conditions that do not fall into more specific categories but still require medical documentation and treatment.

This section includes codes for both other specified injuries (S69.8 series) and unspecified injuries (S69.9 series) of the wrist, hand, and fingers, further broken down by laterality (right, left, or unspecified). For instance, the ICD-10 code for degloving injuries of the wrist, hand, or fingers is captured under S69.80 with encounter-specific extensions like initial (S69.80XA), subsequent (S69.80XD), and sequela (S69.80XS). Similarly, traumatic amputations of fingers or hands on the right side use S69.81 variants, while those on the left side use S69.82 codes. The unspecified injury codes (e.g., S69.90XA) cover injuries such as volar plate injuries to finger joints, open wounds, or foreign bodies like glass or metal embedded in the hand. Including long-tail keywords like "ICD-10 code for unspecified injury of wrist" or "ICD-10 code for traumatic amputation of finger" helps clarify the application of these codes for both coders and healthcare professionals.

  • Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00–T88)

    • Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers (S60-S69)

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

        • 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)
        • S69.80XA Other specified injuries of unspecified wrist, hand and finger(s), initial encounter
        • S69.80XD Other specified injuries of unspecified wrist, hand and finger(s), subsequent encounter
        • S69.80XS Other specified injuries of unspecified wrist, hand and finger(s), sequela
        • S69.81 Other specified injuries of right wrist, hand and finger(s)
        • S69.81XA Other specified injuries of right wrist, hand and finger(s), initial encounter
        • S69.81XD Other specified injuries of right wrist, hand and finger(s), subsequent encounter
        • S69.81XS Other specified injuries of right wrist, hand and finger(s), sequela
        • S69.82 Other specified injuries of left wrist, hand and finger(s)
        • S69.82XA Other specified injuries of left wrist, hand and finger(s), initial encounter
        • S69.82XD Other specified injuries of left wrist, hand and finger(s), subsequent encounter
        • S69.82XS Other specified injuries of left wrist, hand and finger(s), sequela
        • S69.9 Unspecified injury of wrist, hand and finger(s)
        • S69.90 Unspecified injury of unspecified wrist, hand and finger(s)
        • S69.90XA Unspecified injury of unspecified wrist, hand and finger(s), initial encounter
        • S69.90XD Unspecified injury of unspecified wrist, hand and finger(s), subsequent encounter
        • S69.90XS Unspecified injury of unspecified wrist, hand and finger(s), sequela
        • S69.91 Unspecified injury of right wrist, hand and finger(s)
        • S69.91XA Unspecified injury of right wrist, hand and finger(s), initial encounter
        • S69.91XD Unspecified injury of right wrist, hand and finger(s), subsequent encounter
        • S69.91XS Unspecified injury of right wrist, hand and finger(s), sequela
        • S69.92 Unspecified injury of left wrist, hand and finger(s)
        • S69.92XA Unspecified injury of left wrist, hand and finger(s), initial encounter
        • S69.92XD Unspecified injury of left wrist, hand and finger(s), subsequent encounter
        • S69.92XS Unspecified injury of left wrist, hand and finger(s), sequela

Instructional Notations

7th Character Note

Certain ICD-10-CM categories have applicable 7th characters. The applicable 7th character is required for all codes within the category, or as the notes in the Tabular List instruct. The 7th character must always be the 7th character in the data field. If a code that requires a 7th character is not 6 characters, a placeholder X must be used to fill in the empty characters.

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

7th Character

Indicates that a seventh character is to be assigned to codes in a subcategory.

  • A - initial encounter
  • D - subsequent encounter
  • S - sequela