S62.14
S62.14 — Fracture of body of hamate [unciform] bone
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S62.14 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for fracture of body of hamate [unciform] bone. 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
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Fracture of hamate [unciform] bone NOS
Risk adjustment
S62.14 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 to one of these instead S62.14
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- S62.141Displaced fracture of body of hamate [unciform] bone, right wrist
- S62.142Displaced fracture of body of hamate [unciform] bone, left wrist
- S62.143Displaced fracture of body of hamate [unciform] bone, unspecified wrist
- S62.144Nondisplaced fracture of body of hamate [unciform] bone, right wrist
- S62.145Nondisplaced fracture of body of hamate [unciform] bone, left wrist
- S62.146Nondisplaced fracture of body of hamate [unciform] bone, unspecified wrist
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S62.1. If S62.14 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S62.10Fracture of unspecified carpal bone
- S62.11Fracture of triquetrum [cuneiform] bone of wrist
- S62.12Fracture of lunate [semilunar]
- S62.13Fracture of capitate [os magnum] bone
- S62.15Fracture of hook process of hamate [unciform] bone
- S62.16Fracture of pisiform
- S62.17Fracture of trapezium [larger multangular]
- S62.18Fracture of trapezoid [smaller multangular]
Questions about S62.14
- Is S62.14 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S62.14 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S62.14 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).