S62.60Fracture of unspecified phalanx of finger

S62.60 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for fracture of unspecified phalanx of finger. It belongs to category S62 (fracture at wrist and hand level), block S60-S69 (injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers) and chapter 19 (injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 10 subcodes must be used instead.

Within S62.6, choose S62.60 (Fracture of unspecified phalanx of finger) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: displaced fracture of proximal phalanx of finger (S62.61), displaced fracture of middle phalanx of finger (S62.62), displaced fracture of distal phalanx of finger (S62.63), nondisplaced fracture of proximal phalanx of finger (S62.64), nondisplaced fracture of middle phalanx of finger (S62.65) and nondisplaced fracture of distal phalanx of finger (S62.66).

Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter for closed fracture, B for initial encounter for open fracture, D for subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing, G for subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing, K for subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion, P for subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion and 1 more. Use placeholder "X" characters to fill any empty positions before the 7th character.

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.