S62
ICD-10Non-billable categoryFracture at wrist and hand level
Official ICD-10-CM descriptor (FY2026)
Fracture at wrist and hand level
S62 is a category heading, not a billable code. CMS does not accept it on a claim; report one of the more specific codes beneath it.
Excludes1
Not coded here. An Excludes1 code should never be reported at the same time as the code above it.
- traumatic amputation of wrist and hand (S68.-)
Excludes2
Not included here. The condition is not part of this code, but a patient may have both, and both codes may be reported together.
- fracture of distal parts of ulna and radius (S52.-)
Notes
- A fracture not indicated as displaced or nondisplaced should be coded to displaced
- A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed
7th character
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S62
Permitted 7th characters
| 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 |
More specific codes under S62
- S62.0Fracture of navicular [scaphoid] bone of wristcategory
- S62.1Fracture of other and unspecified carpal bone(s)category
- S62.2Fracture of first metacarpal bonecategory
- S62.3Fracture of other and unspecified metacarpal bonecategory
- S62.5Fracture of thumbcategory
- S62.6Fracture of other and unspecified finger(s)category
- S62.9Unspecified fracture of handcategory
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ICD-10-CM FY2026. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) / National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), “2026 ICD-10-CM Code Descriptions in Tabular Order” (icd10cm_order_2026.txt). Download the original file from cms.gov. Public domain (US Government work). Descriptors, billable flags and instructional notes on this page are reproduced from that file without modification. Krasyn adds no clinical guidance.