S62.3
S62.3 — Fracture of other and unspecified metacarpal bone
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S62.3 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for fracture of other and unspecified metacarpal 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
Excludes2 — not included here, but may coexist
The excluded condition is not part of this code, but a patient can have both. You may code both.
- fracture of first metacarpal bone (S62.2-)
Risk adjustment
S62.3 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 S62.3
8 child codes. Green means billable.
- S62.30Unspecified fracture of other metacarpal bone
- S62.31Displaced fracture of base of other metacarpal bone
- S62.32Displaced fracture of shaft of other metacarpal bone
- S62.33Displaced fracture of neck of other metacarpal bone
- S62.34Nondisplaced fracture of base of other metacarpal bone
- S62.35Nondisplaced fracture of shaft of other metacarpal bone
- S62.36Nondisplaced fracture of neck of other metacarpal bone
- S62.39Other fracture of other metacarpal bone
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S62. If S62.3 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about S62.3
- Is S62.3 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S62.3 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S62.3 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).