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S66.992 vs S66.999

S66.992 (Other injury of unspecified muscle, fascia and tendon at wrist and hand level, left hand) compared with S66.999 (Other injury of unspecified muscle, fascia and tendon at wrist and hand level, unspecified hand), from the official CMS tabular data. S66.992 and S66.999 code the same condition on opposite sides. MedCoder-derived

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Laterality relationship

S66.992
Left
Other injury of unspecified muscle, fascia and tendon at wrist and hand level, left hand
S66.999
Unspecified
Other injury of unspecified muscle, fascia and tendon at wrist and hand level, unspecified hand

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. S66.992 and S66.999 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

S66.992Other injury of unspecified muscle, fascia and tendon at wrist and hand level, left handS66.999Other injury of unspecified muscle, fascia and tendon at wrist and hand level, unspecified hand
Billing statusNon-billable header

Report instead: S66.992A, S66.992D, S66.992S

Non-billable header

Report instead: S66.999A, S66.999D, S66.999S

ClassificationS00-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)
DefinitionOther injury of unspecified muscle, fascia and tendon at wrist and hand level, left hand is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (S66.992).Other injury of unspecified muscle, fascia and tendon at wrist and hand level, unspecified hand is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (S66.999).
7th characterThe appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S66The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S66

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