ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M20-M25 › M20.0 Deformity of finger(s) › M20.02

M20.02

Boutonniere deformity

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

  • M20.021 Boutonniere deformity of right finger(s)
  • M20.022 Boutonniere deformity of left finger(s)
  • M20.029 Boutonniere deformity of unspecified finger(s)

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Boutonniere deformity

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from M20 Acquired deformities of fingers and toes

Excludes1 - never coded here

  • acquired absence of fingers and toes (Z89.-)
  • congenital absence of fingers and toes (Q71.3-, Q72.3-)
  • congenital deformities and malformations of fingers and toes (Q66.-, Q68-Q70, Q74.-)

Inherited from the M20-M25 section Other joint disorders (M20-M25)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • joints of the spine (M40-M54)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
M20.00 Unspecified deformity of finger(s) Not billable
M20.01 Mallet finger Not billable
M20.03 Swan-neck deformity Not billable
M20.09 Other deformity of finger(s) Not billable