S68.620Partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation of right index finger

S68.620 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation of right index 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 S68.62 (partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation of other and unspecified finger), S68.620 is specifically for partial traumatic transphalangeal amputation of right index finger. Related codes cover left index finger (S68.621), right middle finger (S68.622), left middle finger (S68.623), right ring finger (S68.624), left ring finger (S68.625), right little finger (S68.626), left little finger (S68.627), other finger (S68.628) 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.