ICD-10 code S62. 304A for Unspecified fracture of fourth metacarpal bone, right hand, initial encounter for closed fracture is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes .
Boxer fracture is another name for a fracture of the fourth or fifth metacarpal, one of the most common metacarpal fractures. The mechanisms of these injuries vary from axial loading forces to direct blows to the dorsal hand.
ICD-10-CM Code for Unspecified fracture of fifth metacarpal bone, right hand S62. 306.
S69.91XAS69. 91XA - Unspecified injury of right wrist, hand and finger(s) [initial encounter]. ICD-10-CM.
The Fourth Metacarpal Bone (os metacarpale IV; metacarpal bone of the ring finger) is shorter and smaller than the third. The base is small and quadrilateral; its superior surface presents two facets, a large one medially for articulation with the hamate, and a small one laterally for the capitate.
A metacarpal fracture is defined as a fracture of the miniature long bone of the hand.
metacarpal, any of several tubular bones between the wrist (carpal) bones and each of the forelimb digits in land vertebrates, corresponding to the metatarsal bones of the foot.
A boxer's fracture is when you break a bone at the base of your finger, near the knuckle or neck of the bone. That bone is known as a metacarpal. A boxer's fracture may also be called fifth metacarpal fracture. It usually happens to the small (pinky) finger or the ring finger and is most common in men.
A boxer's fracture is a fracture (broken bone) of the hand. More specifically, it is a fracture of the neck of the fifth metacarpal (a bone in the “pinky finger") (Figure 1). It is referred to as a boxer's fracture because, most commonly, it occurs when people punch something.
Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers ICD-10-CM S60. 949A is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0):
ICD-10-CM Code for Pain in hand and fingers M79. 64.
ICD-10 Code for Unspecified injury of right wrist, hand and finger(s), initial encounter- S69. 91XA- Codify by AAPC.
Displaced fracture of shaft of fourth metacarpal bone, right hand 1 S62.324 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. 2 Short description: Disp fx of shaft of fourth metacarpal bone, right hand 3 The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S62.324 became effective on October 1, 2020. 4 This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S62.324 - other international versions of ICD-10 S62.324 may differ.
Use secondary code (s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code. Type 1 Excludes.