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S67.90 vs S67.91

S67.90 (Crushing injury of unspecified part(s) of unspecified wrist, hand and fingers) compared with S67.91 (Crushing injury of unspecified part(s) of right wrist, hand and fingers), from the official CMS tabular data. S67.90 and S67.91 code the same condition on opposite sides. MedCoder-derived

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Laterality relationship

S67.90
Unspecified
Crushing injury of unspecified part(s) of unspecified wrist, hand and fingers
S67.91
Right
Crushing injury of unspecified part(s) of right wrist, hand and fingers

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. S67.90 and S67.91 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

S67.90Crushing injury of unspecified part(s) of unspecified wrist, hand and fingersS67.91Crushing injury of unspecified part(s) of right wrist, hand and fingers
Billing statusNon-billable header

Report instead: S67.90XA, S67.90XD, S67.90XS

Non-billable header

Report instead: S67.91XA, S67.91XD, S67.91XS

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)
DefinitionCrushing injury of unspecified part(s) of unspecified wrist, hand and fingers is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (S67.90).Crushing injury of unspecified part(s) of right wrist, hand and fingers is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (S67.91).
7th characterThe appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S67The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S67
Use additional code
code for all associated injuries, such as:
fracture of wrist and hand (S62.-)
open wound of wrist and hand (S61.-)
code for all associated injuries, such as:
fracture of wrist and hand (S62.-)
open wound of wrist and hand (S61.-)

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