S66.2
Header — not billableInjury of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of thumb at wrist and hand level
The ICD-10 code for injury of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of thumb at wrist and hand level is S66.2.
S66.2 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 4 more specific codes below.
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under S66.2
- S66.20Unspecified injury of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of thumb at wrist and hand levelnon-billable header
- S66.21Strain of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of thumb at wrist and hand levelnon-billable header
- S66.22Laceration of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of thumb at wrist and hand levelnon-billable header
- S66.29Other specified injury of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of thumb at wrist and hand levelnon-billable header
Related codes in this category
- S66.0Injury of long flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of thumb at wrist and hand levelnon-billable header
- S66.1Injury of flexor muscle, fascia and tendon of other and unspecified finger at wrist and hand levelnon-billable header
- S66.3Injury of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of other and unspecified finger at wrist and hand levelnon-billable header
- S66.4Injury of intrinsic muscle, fascia and tendon of thumb at wrist and hand levelnon-billable header
- S66.5Injury of intrinsic muscle, fascia and tendon of other and unspecified finger at wrist and hand levelnon-billable header
- S66.8Injury of other specified muscles, fascia and tendons at wrist and hand levelnon-billable header
- S66.9Injury of unspecified muscle, fascia and tendon at wrist and hand levelnon-billable header
- S66.2Injury of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of thumb at wrist and hand levelnon-billable header