S62.349 — Nondisplaced fracture of base of unspecified metacarpal bone
S62.349 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for nondisplaced fracture of base of 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
Risk adjustment
S62.349 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.
How S62.349 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to S62.349.
- Fracture, traumatic›metacarpal›base›nondisplaced
Code to one of these instead S62.349
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- S62.349ANondisplaced fracture of base of unspecified metacarpal bone, initial encounter for closed fracture
- S62.349BNondisplaced fracture of base of unspecified metacarpal bone, initial encounter for open fracture
- S62.349DNondisplaced fracture of base of unspecified metacarpal bone, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- S62.349GNondisplaced fracture of base of unspecified metacarpal bone, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- S62.349KNondisplaced fracture of base of unspecified metacarpal bone, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- S62.349PNondisplaced fracture of base of unspecified metacarpal bone, subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
- S62.349SNondisplaced fracture of base of unspecified metacarpal bone, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S62.34. If S62.349 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S62.340Nondisplaced fracture of base of second metacarpal bone, right hand
- S62.341Nondisplaced fracture of base of second metacarpal bone, left hand
- S62.342Nondisplaced fracture of base of third metacarpal bone, right hand
- S62.343Nondisplaced fracture of base of third metacarpal bone, left hand
- S62.344Nondisplaced fracture of base of fourth metacarpal bone, right hand
- S62.345Nondisplaced fracture of base of fourth metacarpal bone, left hand
- S62.346Nondisplaced fracture of base of fifth metacarpal bone, right hand
- S62.347Nondisplaced fracture of base of fifth metacarpal bone, left hand
- S62.348Nondisplaced fracture of base of other metacarpal bone
Questions about S62.349
- Is S62.349 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S62.349 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S62.349 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).