S68.6Traumatic transphalangeal amputation of other and unspecified finger

S68.6 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for traumatic transphalangeal 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 S68.6 (transphalangeal amputation of other and unspecified finger) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: metacarpophalangeal amputation of thumb (S68.0), metacarpophalangeal amputation of other and unspecified finger (S68.1), amputation of hand at wrist level (S68.4), transphalangeal amputation of thumb (S68.5) 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.

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