InnovaRx Innova Health Strategies
Pricing Sign in

S62.10

Fracture of unspecified carpal bone

Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
This is the unspecified option. 8 more specific codes sit alongside it. Worth checking whether the documentation supports one of them.
Exclusions 8 never code together
S62.1code
Excludes2
  • fracture of scaphoid of wrist (S62.0-)S62.0-
S62code
Excludes1
  • traumatic amputation of wrist and hand (S68.-)S68.-
Excludes2
  • fracture of distal parts of ulna and radius (S52.-)S52.-
S60-S69block
Excludes2
  • burns and corrosions (T20-T32)T20-T32
  • frostbite (T33-T34)T33-T34
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)T63.4
S00-T88chapter
Excludes2

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

7th character 7
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
Instructional notes 6
S62code
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
S62.10code
Inclusion terms
  • Fracture of wrist NOS
S00-T88chapter
Notes
  • 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
  • The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
Use additional code
  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)Z18.-
Index entries leading here 1
  • Fracture, traumatic (abduction) (adduction) (separation) T14.8
Alongside this code 8 same parent — S62.1
S62.11 Fracture of triquetrum [cuneiform] bone of wrist category S62.12 Fracture of lunate [semilunar] category S62.13 Fracture of capitate [os magnum] bone category S62.14 Fracture of body of hamate [unciform] bone category S62.15 Fracture of hook process of hamate [unciform] bone category S62.16 Fracture of pisiform category S62.17 Fracture of trapezium [larger multangular] category S62.18 Fracture of trapezoid [smaller multangular] category
Subordinate codes 3
S62.101 Fracture of unspecified carpal bone, right wrist S62.102 Fracture of unspecified carpal bone, left wrist S62.109 Fracture of unspecified carpal bone, unspecified wrist
Additional references
AHA Coding Clinic® Licence required

Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.

Risk adjustment

Maps to no condition category in any loaded model.

Presence is a property of the code. Untick a model to hide it everywhere.

This code

Billable
no
Code set
FY2026
Parent
S62.1
Block
S60-S69
Siblings
8
Subordinate
3

Present FY2024–FY2027.