S63.7: Sprain and strain of other and unspecified parts of hand
You have injured your hand. As a result, you have strained joints and ligaments.
The forearm and the hand are joined by the wrist. At the wrist there are many small bones as well as the ulna and radius. Most fingers consist of 3 bones. These bones are joined to each another. The fingers are also joined to the metacarpal bones. Various ligaments attach the joints to the hand. In getting injured, you have strained hand joints or overstretched ligaments in your hand.
This happens, for example, with sudden violent movements, as in an accident. The injury can cause pain in the hand, for example. It may also be that you are unable to move your hand properly.
Additional indicator
On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.
- G: Confirmed diagnosis
- V: Tentative diagnosis
- Z: Condition after
- A: Excluded diagnosis
- L: Left
- R: Right
- B: Both sides
Further information
Source
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