ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S60-S69 › S63.6 Other and unspecified sprain of finger(s) › S63.62
Sprain of interphalangeal joint of thumb
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:
- S63.621 Sprain of interphalangeal joint of right thumb (also a header)
- S63.622 Sprain of interphalangeal joint of left thumb (also a header)
- S63.629 Sprain of interphalangeal joint of unspecified thumb (also a header)
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
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 Sprain of interphalangeal joint of thumb
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.
- Tenosynovitis
- Injury > axilla
- Sprain > scapula
- Avulsion > ligament
- Division > ligament
- Detachment > ligament
- Dislocation > partial
- Disruption > ligament
- Laceration > ligament
- Sprain > hand > thumb
- Tear, torn > ligament
- Detachment > cartilage
- Injury > hand > sprain
- Tear, torn > cartilage
- Injury > thumb > sprain
- Dislocation > incomplete
- Hemarthrosis > traumatic
- Injury > scapular region
- Avulsion > joint > capsule
- Injury > shoulder > sprain
- Laceration > joint capsule
- Laceration > capsule, joint
- Tear, torn > capsule, joint
- Disorder > tendon > synovitis
- Rupture, ruptured > cartilage
- Synovitis > traumatic, current
- Disorder > joint > hemarthrosis
- Disorder > synovium > synovitis
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic > joint
- Sprain > shoulder joint > blade
- Dislocation > vertebra > partial
- Subluxation > ligament, traumatic
- Rupture, ruptured > traumatic > ligament
- Rupture, ruptured > joint capsule, traumatic
- Sprain > shoulder joint > coracoclavicular joint
- Sprain > shoulder joint > coracohumeral ligament
- Sprain > shoulder joint > acromioclavicular joint
- Sprain > thumb > interphalangeal
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S63.60 | Unspecified sprain of thumb | Not billable |
| S63.61 | Unspecified sprain of other and unspecified finger(s) | Not billable |
| S63.63 | Sprain of interphalangeal joint of other and unspecified finger(s) | Not billable |
| S63.64 | Sprain of metacarpophalangeal joint of thumb | Not billable |
| S63.65 | Sprain of metacarpophalangeal joint of other and unspecified finger(s) | Not billable |
| S63.68 | Other sprain of thumb | Not billable |
| S63.69 | Other sprain of other and unspecified finger(s) | Not billable |