S68 — Traumatic amputation of wrist, hand and fingers
S68 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for traumatic amputation of wrist, hand and fingers. 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 S68
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- An amputation not identified as partial or complete should be coded to complete
Other codes that can never be billed with S68
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at S68. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading S68 alone.
Risk adjustment
S68 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 S68
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- S68.0Traumatic metacarpophalangeal amputation of thumb
- S68.1Traumatic metacarpophalangeal amputation of other and unspecified finger
- S68.4Traumatic amputation of hand at wrist level
- S68.5Traumatic transphalangeal amputation of thumb
- S68.6Traumatic transphalangeal amputation of other and unspecified finger
- S68.7Traumatic transmetacarpal amputation of hand
Questions about S68
- Is S68 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S68 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S68 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).