ICD10Check
CheckerBrowseOpen

S63

⚠ Non-billable (Header)

Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments at wrist and hand level

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)

⚠️ This is a category header code — not billable. Use a more specific child code below.

Check This Code

✅ Includes

  • • avulsion of joint or ligament at wrist and hand level
  • • laceration of cartilage, joint or ligament at wrist and hand level
  • • sprain of cartilage, joint or ligament at wrist and hand level
  • • traumatic hemarthrosis of joint or ligament at wrist and hand level
  • • traumatic rupture of joint or ligament at wrist and hand level
  • • traumatic subluxation of joint or ligament at wrist and hand level
  • • traumatic tear of joint or ligament at wrist and hand level

⚠️ Excludes2

direct

May be coded together if both conditions coexist

  • • strain of muscle, fascia and tendon of wrist and hand (S66.-)

Child Codes (9)

S63.0Subluxation and dislocation of wrist and hand jointsS63.1Subluxation and dislocation of thumbS63.2Subluxation and dislocation of other finger(s)S63.3Traumatic rupture of ligament of wristS63.4Traumatic rupture of ligament of finger at metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joint(s)S63.5Other and unspecified sprain of wristS63.6Other and unspecified sprain of finger(s)S63.8Sprain of other part of wrist and handS63.9Sprain of unspecified part of wrist and hand

🧪 Validate Combinations

Add S63 to the Excludes Checker to validate against your full code list.

Open in Checker →

Code Information

CodeS63
BillableNo — Header code
CategoryInjury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Excludes10 rule(s)
Excludes21 note(s)
Child codes9

Data Source

CMS ICD-10-CM 2026 Tabular List

Updated October 1, 2025 (FY2026)