S65.809A Unspecified injury of other blood vessels at wrist and hand level of unspecified arm, initial encounter

Billable ICD-10-CM code, FY2026.

Built from S65.809 with 7th character A (initial encounter).

Applies from S65 Injury of blood vessels at wrist and hand level

Code also

• any associated open wound (S61.-)

7th character note

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S65

7th character required

• A — initial encounter
• D — subsequent encounter
• S — sequela

Medicare Code Edits (MCE v43.1 (April 2026))

• Unspecified code (laterality): Unspecified codes for which a more specific code identifying laterality (right, left, bilateral) exists within the same code family.

Code annotations containing back-references to S65.809A

Back-references to S65

• Type 2 Excludes: S55 Injury of blood vessels at forearm level ("injury of blood vessels at wrist and hand level (S65.-)")

Nearby codes

• S65.802 Unspecified injury of other blood vessels at wrist and hand level of left arm
• S65.802A Unspecified injury of other blood vessels at wrist and hand level of left arm, initial encounter
• S65.802D Unspecified injury of other blood vessels at wrist and hand level of left arm, subsequent encounter
• S65.802S Unspecified injury of other blood vessels at wrist and hand level of left arm, sequela
• S65.809 Unspecified injury of other blood vessels at wrist and hand level of unspecified arm
• S65.809A Unspecified injury of other blood vessels at wrist and hand level of unspecified arm, initial encounter (this code)
• S65.809D Unspecified injury of other blood vessels at wrist and hand level of unspecified arm, subsequent encounter
• S65.809S Unspecified injury of other blood vessels at wrist and hand level of unspecified arm, sequela
• S65.81 Laceration of other blood vessels at wrist and hand level
• S65.811 Laceration of other blood vessels at wrist and hand level of right arm
• S65.811A Laceration of other blood vessels at wrist and hand level of right arm, initial encounter