Pain in unspecified finger(s)

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Pain in unspecified (s)
FY2010 Draft description revised draft ~~Pain in unspecified (s)~~ Pain in unspecified(s) finger
FY2011 Draft description revised draft ~~Pain in unspecified(s) finger~~ Pain in unspecified finger(s)

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 M79 Other and unspecified soft tissue disorders, not elsewhere classified

Excludes1 - never coded here

psychogenic rheumatism (F45.8)
soft tissue pain, psychogenic (F45.41)

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.

Pain
Pain > arm
Pain > hand
Pain > finger
Syndrome > complex regional pain
Pain > limb > upper > hand
Pain > limb > upper > finger

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
M79.641	Pain in right hand	Valid
M79.642	Pain in left hand	Valid
M79.643	Pain in unspecified hand	Valid
M79.644	Pain in right finger(s)	Valid
M79.645	Pain in left finger(s)	Valid