Specific code 2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 927.20
Crushing injury of hand(s)
  • 2014
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • Short description: Crushing injury of hand.
  • ICD-9-CM 927.20 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 927.20 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2014 version of ICD-9-CM 927.20.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 927.20: 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 927.20 converts approximately to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S67.20XA Crushing injury of unspecified hand, initial encounter
Approximate Synonyms
  • Crush injury of left hand
  • Crush injury of left wrist and hand
  • Crush injury of right hand
  • Crush injury of right wrist and hand
  • Crush injury to hand
  • Crushing injury of hand
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 927.20:
  • Crush, crushed, crushing (injury) 929.9
    • hand, except finger(s) alone (and wrist) 927.20
    • wrist 927.21
      • with hand(s), except fingers alone 927.20
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