NC53

The ICD-11 code for fracture at wrist or hand level is NC53. The full clinical description is "Fracture at wrist or hand level".

ICD-11 code NC53 represents “Fracture at wrist or hand level”. It is classified under Chapter 22: Injury, Poisoning or Certain Other Consequences of External Causes.

NC53 is in Chapter 22: Injury, Poisoning or Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes NA00-NF2Z).

There is no direct ICD-10 mapping available for NC53 in the WHO crosswalk tables. This may mean the concept is classified differently in ICD-10. Use the ICD-11 to ICD-10 converter to search for related codes.

ICD-11 is the latest revision of the WHO's International Classification of Diseases, succeeding ICD-10. Key differences include: a fully digital-first design, new chapters for sleep-wake disorders, sexual health, and traditional medicine, improved coding for rare diseases, and better integration with electronic health records through extension codes.

NC53 has 10 child codes, including: NC53.0 (Fracture of scaphoid bone of hand), NC53.1 (Fracture of other carpal bone), NC53.2 (Fracture of first metacarpal bone), NC53.3 (Fracture of other metacarpal bone), and 6 more.