The 3rd metacarpal is distinguished by a styloid process on the lateral side of its base. Soft tissues generally involved with fractures include cartilage, joint capsule, ligaments, fascia, and the dorsal hood fibers. With severe polytrauma cases, the tendons and nerves adjacent to the fracture can also be injured. [
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.
2011 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 815.00 : Closed fracture of metacarpal bone(s) site unspecified.
S69.91XAICD-10 code S69. 91XA for Unspecified injury of right wrist, hand and finger(s), initial encounter is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes .
middle fingerThird metacarpal bone The metacarpal bone 3 is located at the base of the middle finger.
The third metacarpal bone (MCIII) and third metatarsal (MTIII) bones are important and vulnerable elements of the forelimbs and hindlimbs, respectively.
First Metacarpal Joint/bone The first metacarpal bone is associated with the thumb. The joints between the carpals and the metacarpals are known as carpometacarpal joints. The joints between the metacarpals and the proximal phalanges are known a metacarpophalangeal joints.
Metacarpal fractures account for 40% of all hand fractures. [1] A Boxer's fracture is a fracture of the fifth metacarpal neck, named for the classic mechanism of injury in which direct trauma is applied to a clenched fist. This represents 10% of all hand fractures.
The Bennett fracture is the most common fracture involving the base of the thumb. This fracture refers to an intraarticular fracture that separates the palmar ulnar aspect of the first metacarpal base from the remaining first metacarpal.
Unspecified superficial injury of left hand, initial encounter. S60. 922A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
S60.931AICD-10 Code for Unspecified superficial injury of right thumb, initial encounter- S60. 931A- Codify by AAPC.
M79. 671 Pain in right foot - ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes.