S62.521

The ICD-10-CM code for displaced fracture of distal phalanx of right thumb is S62.521. The full clinical description is "Displaced fracture of distal phalanx of right thumb". S62.521 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code S62.521 represents “Displaced fracture of distal phalanx of right 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, S62.521 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 S62.521.

S62.521 is in Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes S00-T88).

S62.521 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.-).

S62.521 has 7 child codes, including: S62.521A (Disp fx of distal phalanx of right thumb, init for clos fx), S62.521B (Disp fx of distal phalanx of right thumb, init for opn fx), S62.521D (Disp fx of distal phalanx of r thm, subs for fx w routn heal), S62.521G (Disp fx of distal phalanx of r thm, subs for fx w delay heal), and 3 more.

Yes, when using S62.521, also report: any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-).

S62.521 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C2852042. 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 S62.521 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.