Multiple injuries of wrist or hand

Coding note

Each injury should be coded separately. This code should be used alone only when the detail of the specific injuries is unknown, or it is not possible to code each injury. This code may also be used in postcoordination to identify cases of complex trauma.

Exclusions from above levels

http://id.who.int/icd/entity/152692065 – Frostbite
http://id.who.int/icd/entity/163532889 – Burns
ND53 – Other injuries of arm, level unspecified

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NE61 – Insect bite or sting, venomous
FB80.7 – Malunion of fracture
FB80.8 – Nonunion of fracture
FB80.A – Stress fracture, not elsewhere classified
FB80.B – Pathological fracture
http://id.who.int/icd/entity/624443803 – Birth injury
JB0A – Certain specified obstetric trauma

Child codes

NC5A.0 – Injury of multiple sites of hand
NC5A.1 – Injury of multiple sites of wrist
NC5A.Y – Other specified multiple injuries of wrist or hand
NC5A.Z – Multiple injuries of wrist or hand, unspecified

Sibling codes

NC50 – Injury to fingernail
NC51 – Superficial injury of wrist or hand
NC52 – Open wound of wrist or hand
NC53 – Fracture at wrist or hand level
NC54 – Dislocation or strain or sprain of joints or ligaments at wrist or hand level
NC55 – Injury of nerves at wrist or hand level
NC56 – Injury of blood vessels at wrist or hand level
NC57 – Injury of muscle, fascia or tendon at wrist or hand level
NC58 – Crushing injury of wrist or hand
NC59 – Traumatic amputation of wrist or hand
NC5Y – Other specified injuries to the wrist or hand
NC5Z – Injuries to the wrist or hand, unspecified

Foundation entity

Multiple injuries of wrist or hand – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/3275753

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: 22: Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes