ICD-10-CM Code S65
Injury of blood vessels at wrist and hand level
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code S65 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the eight child codes of S65 that describes the diagnosis 'injury of blood vessels at wrist and hand level' in more detail.
- S65 Injury of blood vessels at wrist and hand level NON-BILLABLE
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- S65.20 Unspecified injury of superficial palmar arch NON-BILLABLE
- S65.21 Laceration of superficial palmar arch NON-BILLABLE
- S65.29 Other specified injury of superficial palmar arch NON-BILLABLE
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- S65.30 Unspecified injury of deep palmar arch NON-BILLABLE
- S65.31 Laceration of deep palmar arch NON-BILLABLE
- S65.39 Other specified injury of deep palmar arch NON-BILLABLE
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- S65.40 Unspecified injury of blood vessel of thumb NON-BILLABLE
- S65.41 Laceration of blood vessel of thumb NON-BILLABLE
- S65.49 Other specified injury of blood vessel of thumb NON-BILLABLE
Coding Notes for S65 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Also Note:
Code Also
A Code Also note indicates that two or more codes may be required to fully describe a condition, but the order of codes is at the coder's discretion. Code order depends on the severity of the conditions and the reason for the encounter. - Any associated open wound See code S61.-
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7th Character Extension Notes:
What is 7th Character Extension?
For codes less than 6 characters that require a 7th character a placeholder 'X' should be assigned for all characters less than 6. The 7th character must always be the 7th position of a code. E.g. The ICD-10-CM code T67.4 (Heat exhaustion due to salt depletion) requires an Episode of Care identifier. T67.4XXA Initial Encounter or T67.4XXD Subsequent Encounter. More Info - The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category See Code S65