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Wikipedia Summary

In human anatomy, the wrist is variously defined as (1) the carpus or carpal bones, the complex of eight bones forming the proximal skeletal segment of the hand; (2) the wrist joint or radiocarpal joint, the joint between the radius and the carpus and; (3) the anatomical region surrounding the carpus including the distal parts of the bones of the forearm and the proximal parts of the metacarpus or five metacarpal bones and the series of joints between these bones, thus referred to as wrist joints. This region also includes the carpal tunnel, the anatomical snuff box, bracelet lines, the flexor retinaculum, and the extensor retinaculum. As a consequence of these various definitions, fractures to the carpal bones are referred to as carpal fractures, while fractures such as distal radius fracture are often considered fractures to the wrist..
Related Codes (2000)
Code
Description
Billable
Details
M00.03Staphylococcal arthritis, wrist
M00.032Staphylococcal arthritis, left wrist
M00.13Pneumococcal arthritis, wrist
M00.23Other streptococcal arthritis, wrist
M00.239Other streptococcal arthritis, unspecified wrist
M00.83Arthritis due to other bacteria, wrist
M00.831Arthritis due to other bacteria, right wrist
M00.832Arthritis due to other bacteria, left wrist
M00.839Arthritis due to other bacteria, unspecified wrist
M01.X31Direct infection of right wrist in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere

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