S62.398 — Other fracture of other metacarpal bone
S62.398 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other fracture of other 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
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Other fracture of specified metacarpal bone with unspecified laterality
Risk adjustment
S62.398 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 S62.398 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 S62.398.
- Fracture, traumatic›metacarpal›fifth›specified NEC
Code to one of these instead S62.398
7 child codes. Green means billable.
- S62.398AOther fracture of other metacarpal bone, initial encounter for closed fracture
- S62.398BOther fracture of other metacarpal bone, initial encounter for open fracture
- S62.398DOther fracture of other metacarpal bone, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- S62.398GOther fracture of other metacarpal bone, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- S62.398KOther fracture of other metacarpal bone, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- S62.398POther fracture of other metacarpal bone, subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
- S62.398SOther fracture of other metacarpal bone, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S62.39. If S62.398 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S62.390Other fracture of second metacarpal bone, right hand
- S62.391Other fracture of second metacarpal bone, left hand
- S62.392Other fracture of third metacarpal bone, right hand
- S62.393Other fracture of third metacarpal bone, left hand
- S62.394Other fracture of fourth metacarpal bone, right hand
- S62.395Other fracture of fourth metacarpal bone, left hand
- S62.396Other fracture of fifth metacarpal bone, right hand
- S62.397Other fracture of fifth metacarpal bone, left hand
- S62.399Other fracture of unspecified metacarpal bone
Questions about S62.398
- Is S62.398 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S62.398 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S62.398 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).