Injury of intrinsic muscle, fascia and tendon of other and unspecified finger at wrist and hand level
Requires 7th character
S66.5 requires a 7th character to be reported. Choose a complete code below.
Inclusion terms
Includes (from S66)
- Note: Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
- Note: The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- injury of intrinsic muscle, fascia and tendon of thumb at wrist and hand level (S66.4-)
- birth trauma (P10-P15) (from S66)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71) (from S66)
- burns and corrosions (T20-T32) (from S66)
- frostbite (T33-T34) (from S66)
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4) (from S66)
- sprain of joints and ligaments of wrist and hand (S63.-) (from S66)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Code also
An additional code may be needed.
7th character
This code requires a 7th character (defined at S66). Use the placeholder "X" for missing positions.
| Character | Meaning |
|---|---|
| A | initial encounter |
| D | subsequent encounter |
| S | sequela |
Parent code
- S66Injury of muscle, fascia and tendon at wrist and hand levelNeeds 7th char
More specific codes S66.5
- S66.50Unspecified injury of intrinsic muscle, fascia and tendon of other and unspecified finger at wrist and hand levelNeeds 7th char
- S66.51Strain of intrinsic muscle, fascia and tendon of other and unspecified finger at wrist and hand levelNeeds 7th char
- S66.52Laceration of intrinsic muscle, fascia and tendon of other and unspecified finger at wrist and hand levelNeeds 7th char
- S66.59Other injury of intrinsic muscle, fascia and tendon of other and unspecified finger at wrist and hand levelNeeds 7th char
Related codes
- S66.0Injury of long flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of thumb at wrist and hand levelNeeds 7th char
- S66.1Injury of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of other and unspecified finger at wrist and hand levelNeeds 7th char
- S66.2Injury of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of thumb at wrist and hand levelNeeds 7th char
- S66.3Injury of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of other and unspecified finger at wrist and hand levelNeeds 7th char
- S66.4Injury of intrinsic muscle, fascia and tendon of thumb at wrist and hand levelNeeds 7th char
- S66.8Injury of other specified muscles, fascia and tendons at wrist and hand levelNeeds 7th char
- S66.9Injury of unspecified muscle, fascia and tendon at wrist and hand levelNeeds 7th char