S68.421Partial traumatic amputation of right hand at wrist level

S68.421 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for partial traumatic amputation of right hand at wrist level. 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 S68.42 (partial traumatic amputation of hand at wrist level), S68.421 is specifically for partial traumatic amputation of right hand at wrist level. Related codes cover left hand at wrist level (S68.422) and unspecified hand at wrist level (S68.429).

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.