S62: Fracture at wrist and hand level

S62.0: Fracture of navicular [scaphoid] bone of hand

The hand is made up of a lot of small bones and joints. Immediately after the forearm is the carpus. Then comes the metacarpus and then the individual fingers. The carpus consists of 8 carpal bones. There are 2 rows of them. The lower row is closer to the wrist. The upper row is closer to the fingers.

The scaphoid bone is located in the lower row of the carpal bones. You have broken your scaphoid bone.

When you have broken carpal bones, you can have pain, for example. You may then no longer be able to move your hand properly.