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S65.991 vs S65.992

S65.991 (Other specified injury of unspecified blood vessel at wrist and hand of right arm) compared with S65.992 (Other specified injury of unspecified blood vessel at wrist and hand of left arm), from the official CMS tabular data. S65.991 and S65.992 code the same condition on opposite sides. MedCoder-derived

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S65.991
Right
Other specified injury of unspecified blood vessel at wrist and hand of right arm
S65.992
Left
Other specified injury of unspecified blood vessel at wrist and hand of left arm

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. S65.991 and S65.992 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.

Side by side

S65.991Other specified injury of unspecified blood vessel at wrist and hand of right armS65.992Other specified injury of unspecified blood vessel at wrist and hand of left arm
Billing statusNon-billable header

Report instead: S65.991A, S65.991D, S65.991S

Non-billable header

Report instead: S65.992A, S65.992D, S65.992S

ClassificationS00-T88 — Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causesS00-T88 — Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
DefinitionOther specified injury of unspecified blood vessel at wrist and hand of right arm is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (S65.991).Other specified injury of unspecified blood vessel at wrist and hand of left arm is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (S65.992).
7th characterThe appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S65The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S65

Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources