S63.026Dislocation of radiocarpal joint of unspecified wrist

S63.026 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for dislocation of radiocarpal joint of unspecified wrist. It belongs to category S63 (dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments 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 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within S63.02, choose S63.026 (Dislocation of radiocarpal joint of unspecified wrist) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: subluxation of radiocarpal joint of right wrist (S63.021), subluxation of radiocarpal joint of left wrist (S63.022), subluxation of radiocarpal joint of unspecified wrist (S63.023), dislocation of radiocarpal joint of right wrist (S63.024) and dislocation of radiocarpal joint of left wrist (S63.025).

Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter, D for subsequent encounter and S for sequela. 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.