Diagnostic Guide Name
THUMB METACARPAL FRACTURE
ICD 10 Diagnosis, Single Code, Left Code, Right Code and Bilateral Code
| DIAGNOSIS | SINGLE CODE ONLY | LEFT | RIGHT | BILATERAL (IF AVAILABLE) |
| FRACTURE METACARPAL - FIRST METACARPAL (THUMB) | ||||
| BASE (OTHER FRACTURE) | ||||
| - DISPLACED | S62.232_ | S62.231_ | ||
| - NONDISPLACED | S62.235_ | S62.234_ | ||
| SHAFT | ||||
| - DISPLACED | S62.242_ | S62.241_ | ||
| - NONDISPLACED | S62.245_ | S62.244_ | ||
| NECK | ||||
| - DISPLACED | S62.252_ | S62.251_ | ||
| - NONDISPLACED | S62.255_ | S62.254_ |
Instructions (ICD 10 CM 2020, U.S. Version)
| THE APPROPRIATE SEVENTH CHARACTER IS TO BE ADDED TO EACH CODE FROM CATEGORY S62 | |||
| Closed Fractures | Open Type I or II or Other | Open Type IIIA, IIIB, or IIIC | |
| Initial Encounter | A | B | C |
| Subsequent Routine Healing | D | E | F |
| Subsequent Delayed Healing | G | H | J |
| Subsequent Nonunion | K | M | N |
| Subsequent Malunion | P | Q | R |
| Sequela | S | S | S |
ICD-10 Reference
Reproduced from the International statistical classification of diseases and related health problems, 10th revision, Fifth edition, 2016. Geneva, World Health Organization, 2016 https://apps.who.int/iris/handle/10665/246208