ICD-11 classes
22 Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of...
Injuries to the wrist or hand
NC54 — Dislocation or strain or sprain of joints or ligaments at...
NC54.6 — Strain or sprain of wrist
ICD-11 NC54.6 — Strain or sprain of wrist
A collective term for muscle and ligament injuries of the tissues associated with the wrist without dislocation or fracture; a joint injury in which some of the fibers of a supporting ligament are ruptured but the continuity of the ligament remains intact. A strain is an overstretching or overexertion of some part of the musculature.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
Diagnosis with code NC54.6 contains 5 clarifying diagnoses:
- NC54.60 — Strain or sprain of carpal joint
- NC54.61 — Strain or sprain of radiocarpal joint
- NC54.62 — Strain or sprain of carpometacarpal joint
- NC54.6Y — Sprain of other specified part of wrist
- NC54.6Z — Strain or sprain of wrist, unspecified