S65.491S (Other specified injury of blood vessel of right thumb, sequela)
compared with
S65.492S (Other specified injury of blood vessel of left thumb, sequela),
from the official CMS tabular data. S65.491S and S65.492S code the same condition on opposite sides. MedCoder-derived
Other specified injury of blood vessel of left thumb, sequela
Same condition; these differ only in which side is documented.
These codes share a category and title and differ only in the side affected. The documentation decides which applies, and a bilateral code is reported only where the code set provides one.
Source: ICD-10-CM tabular list (laterality variant derived from the code title)
Can these codes be reported together?
Same condition, opposite side. S65.491S and S65.492S name the same condition on opposite sides of the body.
Same category and title, differing only in which side is affected — the documentation decides which one applies, and a bilateral code is reported only where the code set provides one.