ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S60-S69 › S63.21 Subluxation of metacarpophalangeal... › S63.218
Subluxation of metacarpophalangeal joint of other finger
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 3 more specific codes instead:
- S63.218A Subluxation of metacarpophalangeal joint of other finger, initial encounter
- S63.218D Subluxation of metacarpophalangeal joint of other finger, subsequent encounter
- S63.218S Subluxation of metacarpophalangeal joint of other finger, sequela
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2014 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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Subluxation of metacarpophalangeal joint of other 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 S63 Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments at wrist and hand level
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S63
Excludes2 - not included here
- strain of muscle, fascia and tendon of wrist and hand (S66.-)
Code also
- any associated open wound
Includes
- avulsion of joint or ligament at wrist and hand level
- laceration of cartilage, joint or ligament at wrist and hand level
- sprain of cartilage, joint or ligament at wrist and hand level
- traumatic hemarthrosis of joint or ligament at wrist and hand level
- traumatic rupture of joint or ligament at wrist and hand level
- traumatic subluxation of joint or ligament at wrist and hand level
- traumatic tear of joint or ligament at wrist and hand level
Inherited from the S60-S69 section Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers (S60-S69)
Excludes2 - not included here
- burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
- frostbite (T33-T34)
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
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.
- Dislocation > partial
- Dislocation > incomplete
- Complex > jumped process, spine
- Dislocation > thorax > vertebra
- Dislocation > vertebra > partial
- Displacement, displaced > intervertebral disc NEC > due to trauma
- Subluxation > finger > metacarpophalangeal
- Subluxation > metacarpophalangeal > finger
- Subluxation > finger > metacarpophalangeal > ring
- Subluxation > metacarpophalangeal > finger > ring
- Subluxation > finger > metacarpophalangeal > index
- Subluxation > metacarpophalangeal > finger > index
- Subluxation > finger > metacarpophalangeal > little
- Subluxation > finger > metacarpophalangeal > middle
- Subluxation > metacarpophalangeal > finger > little
- Subluxation > metacarpophalangeal > finger > middle
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S63.210 | Subluxation of metacarpophalangeal joint of right index finger | Not billable |
| S63.211 | Subluxation of metacarpophalangeal joint of left index finger | Not billable |
| S63.212 | Subluxation of metacarpophalangeal joint of right middle finger | Not billable |
| S63.213 | Subluxation of metacarpophalangeal joint of left middle finger | Not billable |
| S63.214 | Subluxation of metacarpophalangeal joint of right ring finger | Not billable |
| S63.215 | Subluxation of metacarpophalangeal joint of left ring finger | Not billable |
| S63.216 | Subluxation of metacarpophalangeal joint of right little finger | Not billable |
| S63.217 | Subluxation of metacarpophalangeal joint of left little finger | Not billable |
| S63.219 | Subluxation of metacarpophalangeal joint of unspecified finger | Not billable |