ICD-10-CM › Q00-QA1 › Q65-Q79 › Q71 Reduction defects of upper limb › Q71.6
Q71.6
Lobster-claw hand
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:
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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Lobster-claw hand
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.
- Aplasia
- Deficit
- Missing
- Abnormity
- Dysplasia
- Amputation
- Lobulation
- Fold, folds
- Rudimentary
- Avitaminosis
- Malformation
- Birth > defect
- Maldevelopment
- Agenesis > ulna
- Hypovitaminosis
- Septum, septate
- Agenesis > femur
- Agenesis > tibia
- Agenesis > fibula
- Agenesis > radius
- Rudimentary > arm
- Agenesis > humerus
- Vitamin deficiency
- Lesion > congenital
- Loss > organ or part
- Agenesis > radioulnar
- Aplasia > limb > lower
- Deprivation > vitamins
- Hemimelia > lower limb
- Hemimelia > upper limb
- Meromelia > lower limb
- Meromelia > upper limb
- Agenesis > tibiofibular
- Implantation > anomalous
- Absence > toe > with foot
- Congenital > malformation
- Absence > arm > congenital
- Absence > leg > congenital
- Undeveloped, undevelopment
- Absence > extremity > upper
Showing 40 of 122 index phrases.
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Q71.0 | Congenital complete absence of upper limb | Not billable |
| Q71.1 | Congenital absence of upper arm and forearm with hand present | Not billable |
| Q71.2 | Congenital absence of both forearm and hand | Not billable |
| Q71.3 | Congenital absence of hand and finger | Not billable |
| Q71.4 | Longitudinal reduction defect of radius | Not billable |
| Q71.5 | Longitudinal reduction defect of ulna | Not billable |
| Q71.8 | Other reduction defects of upper limb | Not billable |
| Q71.9 | Unspecified reduction defect of upper limb | Not billable |