S64.9
S64.9 — Injury of unspecified nerve at wrist and hand level
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMunspecified
S64.9 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for injury of unspecified nerve at wrist and hand level. 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 S64
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
S64.9 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 S64.9
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S64. If S64.9 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S64.0Injury of ulnar nerve at wrist and hand level
- S64.1Injury of median nerve at wrist and hand level
- S64.2Injury of radial nerve at wrist and hand level
- S64.3Injury of digital nerve of thumb
- S64.4Injury of digital nerve of other and unspecified finger
- S64.8Injury of other nerves at wrist and hand level
Questions about S64.9
- Is S64.9 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S64.9 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S64.9 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).