S68.1Traumatic metacarpophalangeal amputation of other and unspecified finger

S68.1 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for traumatic metacarpophalangeal amputation of other and unspecified finger. It belongs to category S68 (traumatic amputation of wrist, hand and fingers), 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 2 subcodes must be used instead.

Within S68, choose S68.1 (metacarpophalangeal amputation of other and unspecified finger) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: metacarpophalangeal amputation of thumb (S68.0), amputation of hand at wrist level (S68.4), transphalangeal amputation of thumb (S68.5), transphalangeal amputation of other and unspecified finger (S68.6) and transmetacarpal amputation of hand (S68.7).

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.

The conditions in its Excludes2 note aren't part of S68.1, but may be coded alongside it if the patient has both: traumatic metacarpophalangeal amputation of thumb (S68.0-).

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