S62.023 — Displaced fracture of middle third of navicular [scaphoid] bone of unspecified wrist
S62.023 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for displaced fracture of middle third of navicular [scaphoid] bone of unspecified wrist. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S62
- A
- initial encounter for closed fracture
- B
- initial encounter for open fracture
- D
- subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- G
- subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- K
- subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- P
- subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
- S
- sequela
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S62.023
These are not written on S62.023, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing S62.023 with anything listed here is a denial.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S62.023
Also inherited, and the opposite of Excludes1: these conditions are not part of S62.023, but a patient can have both, so you may code both.
Other codes that can never be billed with S62.023
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at S62.023. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading S62.023 alone.
Risk adjustment
S62.023 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code history
S62.023 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.
Code to one of these instead S62.023
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- S62.023ADisplaced fracture of middle third of navicular [scaphoid] bone of unspecified wrist, initial encounter for closed fracture
- S62.023BDisplaced fracture of middle third of navicular [scaphoid] bone of unspecified wrist, initial encounter for open fracture
- S62.023DDisplaced fracture of middle third of navicular [scaphoid] bone of unspecified wrist, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- S62.023GDisplaced fracture of middle third of navicular [scaphoid] bone of unspecified wrist, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- S62.023KDisplaced fracture of middle third of navicular [scaphoid] bone of unspecified wrist, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- S62.023PDisplaced fracture of middle third of navicular [scaphoid] bone of unspecified wrist, subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
- S62.023SDisplaced fracture of middle third of navicular [scaphoid] bone of unspecified wrist, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S62.02. If S62.023 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S62.021Displaced fracture of middle third of navicular [scaphoid] bone of right wrist
- S62.022Displaced fracture of middle third of navicular [scaphoid] bone of left wrist
- S62.024Nondisplaced fracture of middle third of navicular [scaphoid] bone of right wrist
- S62.025Nondisplaced fracture of middle third of navicular [scaphoid] bone of left wrist
- S62.026Nondisplaced fracture of middle third of navicular [scaphoid] bone of unspecified wrist
Questions about S62.023
- Is S62.023 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S62.023 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S62.023 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers (S60-S69).
- What cannot be coded together with S62.023?
- S62.023 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above S62.023 (S62) and apply to it just the same.