ICD-10-CM › M00-M99 › M65-M67 › M65.3 Trigger finger › M65.30
Trigger finger, unspecified finger
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 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.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Trigger finger, unspecified finger
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 M65 Synovitis and tenosynovitis
Excludes1 - never coded here
- chronic crepitant synovitis of hand and wrist (M70.0-)
- current injury - see injury of ligament or tendon by body region
- soft tissue disorders related to use, overuse and pressure (M70.-)
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.
- Snapping > finger
- Disease, diseased > tendon, tendinous > nodular
- Trigger finger
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| M65.31 | Trigger thumb | Not billable |
| M65.32 | Trigger finger, index finger | Not billable |
| M65.33 | Trigger finger, middle finger | Not billable |
| M65.34 | Trigger finger, ring finger | Not billable |
| M65.35 | Trigger finger, little finger | Not billable |