S62.021A vs S62.021G
S62.021A (Displaced fracture of middle third of navicular [scaphoid] bone of right wrist, initial encounter for closed fracture) compared with S62.021G (Displaced fracture of middle third of navicular [scaphoid] bone of right wrist, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing), from the official CMS tabular data. S62.021A and S62.021G code the same injury at a different phase of treatment.
Can these codes be reported together?
Same injury, other encounter phase. S62.021A and S62.021G code the same injury at a different phase of treatment, set by the 7th character.
The 7th character records the type of care given at the encounter being coded (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.C.19.a), so one encounter takes one of these, not both.
Side by side
| S62.021ADisplaced fracture of middle third of navicular [scaphoid] bone of right wrist, initial encounter for closed fracture | S62.021GDisplaced fracture of middle third of navicular [scaphoid] bone of right wrist, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing | |
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| Billing status | Billable | Billable |
| Classification | S00-T88 — Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88) | S00-T88 — Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88) |
| Definition | Displaced fracture of middle third of navicular [scaphoid] bone of right wrist, initial encounter for closed fracture is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (S62.021A). | Displaced fracture of middle third of navicular [scaphoid] bone of right wrist, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (S62.021G). |
| 7th character | The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S62 | The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S62 |
Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources