S63.00
S63.00 — Unspecified subluxation and dislocation of wrist and hand
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMunspecified
S63.00 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified subluxation and dislocation of wrist and hand. 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 S63
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Dislocation of carpal bone NOS
- Dislocation of distal end of radius NOS
- Subluxation of carpal bone NOS
- Subluxation of distal end of radius NOS
Risk adjustment
S63.00 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 S63.00
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- S63.001Unspecified subluxation of right wrist and hand
- S63.002Unspecified subluxation of left wrist and hand
- S63.003Unspecified subluxation of unspecified wrist and hand
- S63.004Unspecified dislocation of right wrist and hand
- S63.005Unspecified dislocation of left wrist and hand
- S63.006Unspecified dislocation of unspecified wrist and hand
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S63.0. If S63.00 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S63.01Subluxation and dislocation of distal radioulnar joint
- S63.02Subluxation and dislocation of radiocarpal joint
- S63.03Subluxation and dislocation of midcarpal joint
- S63.04Subluxation and dislocation of carpometacarpal joint of thumb
- S63.05Subluxation and dislocation of other carpometacarpal joint
- S63.06Subluxation and dislocation of metacarpal (bone), proximal end
- S63.07Subluxation and dislocation of distal end of ulna
- S63.09Other subluxation and dislocation of wrist and hand
Questions about S63.00
- Is S63.00 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S63.00 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S63.00 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).