Diagnosis Code: 842.09

Short Description: Sprain of wrist NEC

Long Description: Other sprains and strains of wrist

Code Classification:

• Injury and poisoning (800–999)
  • Sprains and strains of joints and adjacent muscles (840-848)
    • 842 Sprains and strains of wrist and hand
      • 842.09 Sprain of wrist NEC

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

Synonyms

• Complete tear dorsal intercarpal ligament
• Complete tear of ulnolunate ligament
• Complete tear short intrinsic ligament nonspecific
• Complete tear ulnar carpal complex nonspecific
• Distal radioulnar joint sprain
• Sprain of radiolunate ligament
• Sprain of radioscaphocapitate ligament
• Sprain of radioscapholunate ligament
• Sprain of scapholunate ligament
• Sprain of ulnolunate ligament
• Sprain short intrinsic ligament nonspecific
• Sprain triangular fibrocartilage
• Sprain ulnar carpal complex nonspecific
• Sprain ulnar-carpal meniscus
• Sprain wrist extensors

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 842.09 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Rupture, ruptured 553.9
  • tendon (traumatic) - see also Sprain, by site
    • wrist 842.00
      • radioulnar (joint), distal 842.09
      • specified site NEC 842.09

• Sprain, strain (joint) (ligament) (muscle) (tendon) 848.9
  • radioulnar 841.9
    • distal 842.09
  • radius, radial (proximal end) 841.9
    • and ulna 841.9
      • distal 842.09

Crosswalk Information

The code 842.09 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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