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81.79 - Other Repair Of Hand, Fingers, And Wrist


The ICD 9 Code for Other repair of hand, fingers, and wrist is listed as 81.79.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Volume 3 (PCS) Field Value
Procedure Code: 81.79
Description: Other repair of hand, fingers, and wrist
Short Description: Oth repair han/fin/wris
Chapter: Operations on the musculoskeletal system
Subsection 1: Repair and plastic operations on joint structures
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQV4ZZ - Repair Left Metacarpophalangeal Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQT3ZZ - Repair Left Metacarpocarpal Joint, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQT4ZZ - Repair Left Metacarpocarpal Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQTXZZ - Repair Left Metacarpocarpal Joint, External Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQU0ZZ - Repair Right Metacarpophalangeal Joint, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQU3ZZ - Repair Right Metacarpophalangeal Joint, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQU4ZZ - Repair Right Metacarpophalangeal Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQUXZZ - Repair Right Metacarpophalangeal Joint, External Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQV0ZZ - Repair Left Metacarpophalangeal Joint, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQV3ZZ - Repair Left Metacarpophalangeal Joint, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQT0ZZ - Repair Left Metacarpocarpal Joint, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQVXZZ - Repair Left Metacarpophalangeal Joint, External Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQW0ZZ - Repair Right Finger Phalangeal Joint, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQW3ZZ - Repair Right Finger Phalangeal Joint, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQW4ZZ - Repair Right Finger Phalangeal Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQWXZZ - Repair Right Finger Phalangeal Joint, External Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQX0ZZ - Repair Left Finger Phalangeal Joint, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQX3ZZ - Repair Left Finger Phalangeal Joint, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQX4ZZ - Repair Left Finger Phalangeal Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQXXZZ - Repair Left Finger Phalangeal Joint, External Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQQ4ZZ - Repair Right Carpal Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQN3ZZ - Repair Right Wrist Joint, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQN4ZZ - Repair Right Wrist Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQNXZZ - Repair Right Wrist Joint, External Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQP0ZZ - Repair Left Wrist Joint, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQP3ZZ - Repair Left Wrist Joint, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQP4ZZ - Repair Left Wrist Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQPXZZ - Repair Left Wrist Joint, External Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQQ0ZZ - Repair Right Carpal Joint, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQQ3ZZ - Repair Right Carpal Joint, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQN0ZZ - Repair Right Wrist Joint, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQQXZZ - Repair Right Carpal Joint, External Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQR0ZZ - Repair Left Carpal Joint, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQR3ZZ - Repair Left Carpal Joint, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQR4ZZ - Repair Left Carpal Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQRXZZ - Repair Left Carpal Joint, External Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQS0ZZ - Repair Right Metacarpocarpal Joint, Open Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQS3ZZ - Repair Right Metacarpocarpal Joint, Percutaneous Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQS4ZZ - Repair Right Metacarpocarpal Joint, Percutaneous Endoscopic Approach (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0RQSXZZ - Repair Right Metacarpocarpal Joint, External Approach (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 81.79:
81.71 - Arthroplasty of metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joint with implant
81.72 - Arthroplasty of metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joint without implant
81.73 - Total wrist replacement
81.74 - Arthroplasty of carpocarpal or carpometacarpal joint with implant
81.75 - Arthroplasty of carpocarpal or carpometacarpal joint without implant