S62.516

The ICD-10-CM code for nondisp fx of proximal phalanx of unspecified thumb is S62.516. The full clinical description is "Nondisplaced fracture of proximal phalanx of unspecified thumb". S62.516 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code S62.516 represents “Nondisplaced fracture of proximal phalanx of unspecified thumb”. It is classified under Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes and is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

No, S62.516 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 7 child codes under S62.516.

S62.516 is in Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes S00-T88).

S62.516 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: birth trauma (P10-P15); obstetric trauma (O70-O71); traumatic amputation of wrist and hand (S68.-).

S62.516 has 7 child codes, including: S62.516A (Nondisp fx of proximal phalanx of unsp thumb, init), S62.516B (Nondisp fx of proximal phalanx of thmb, init for opn fx), S62.516D (Nondisp fx of prox phalanx of thmb, subs for fx w routn heal), S62.516G (Nondisp fx of prox phalanx of thmb, subs for fx w delay heal), and 3 more.

Yes, when using S62.516, also report: any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-).

S62.516 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C2852034. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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There is no direct ICD-11 mapping available for S62.516 in the WHO crosswalk tables. This may mean the concept is classified differently in ICD-11. Use the ICD-10 to ICD-11 converter to search for related codes.