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
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.