Congenital deformity of finger(s) and hand

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 Congenital deformity of finger(s) and hand

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 Q68 Other congenital musculoskeletal deformities

Excludes1 - never coded here

reduction defects of limb(s) (Q71-Q73)

Excludes2 - not included here

congenital myotonic chondrodystrophy (G71.13)

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.

Aberrant
Clawhand
Asymmetry
Nondescent
Transposed
Undescended
Drop > finger
Transposition
Main en griffe
Bruck's disease
Deformity > thumb
Dilated, dilation
Overriding > finger
Retraction > finger
Deformity > rotation
Dislocation > partial
Elongated, elongation
Termination > anomalous
Dislocation > incomplete
Heterotopia, heterotopic
Subluxation > congenital
Disease, diseased > diverticular
Dislocation > vertebra > partial
Falling, falls > any organ or part
Ectopic, ectopia > organ or site NEC
Annular > organ or site, congenital NEC
Low > lying > organ or site, congenital
Sacculation > organ or site, congenital
Tortuous > organ or site, congenital NEC
Curvature > organ or site, congenital NEC
Deviation > organ or site, congenital NEC
Wandering > organ or site, congenital NEC
Dilatation > organ or site, congenital NEC
Mobile, mobility > organ or site, congenital NEC
Contraction, contracture, contracted > finger NEC
Prolapse, prolapsed > organ or site, congenital NEC
Displacement, displaced > organ or site, congenital NEC
Misplaced, misplacement > organ or site, congenital NEC
Diverticulum, diverticula > organ or site, congenital NEC
Short, shortening, shortness > organ or site, congenital NEC

Showing 40 of 55 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Q68.0	Congenital deformity of sternocleidomastoid muscle	Valid
Q68.2	Congenital deformity of knee	Valid
Q68.3	Congenital bowing of femur	Valid
Q68.4	Congenital bowing of tibia and fibula	Valid
Q68.5	Congenital bowing of long bones of leg, unspecified	Valid
Q68.6	Discoid meniscus	Valid
Q68.8	Other specified congenital musculoskeletal deformities	Valid