Complete traumatic metacarpophalangeal amputation of left little finger

• birth trauma (P10-P15)
• obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

• 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
• 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.

• burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
• frostbite (T33-T34)
• insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)

An amputation not identified as partial or complete should be coded to complete

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S68

Traumatic amputation of finger NOS

traumatic metacarpophalangeal amputation of thumb (S68.0-)