S68.126Partial traumatic metacarpophalangeal amputation of right little finger

S68.126 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for partial traumatic metacarpophalangeal amputation of right little 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 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within S68.12 (partial traumatic metacarpophalangeal amputation of other and unspecified finger), S68.126 is specifically for partial traumatic metacarpophalangeal amputation of right little finger. Related codes cover right index finger (S68.120), left index finger (S68.121), right middle finger (S68.122), left middle finger (S68.123), right ring finger (S68.124), left ring finger (S68.125), left little finger (S68.127), other finger (S68.128) and 1 more.

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.