ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S60-S69 › S65.59 Other specified injury of blood... › S65.594
Other specified injury of blood vessel of right ring 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:
- S65.594A Other specified injury of blood vessel of right ring finger, initial encounter
- S65.594D Other specified injury of blood vessel of right ring finger, subsequent encounter
- S65.594S Other specified injury of blood vessel of right ring 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 Other specified injury of blood vessel of right ring 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 S65 Injury of blood vessels at wrist and hand level
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S65
Code also
- any associated open wound (S61.-)
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.
- Injury > chest
- Injury > hip > blood vessel
- Injury > interscapular area
- Injury > leg > blood vessel
- Injury > hand > blood vessel
- Injury > thigh > blood vessel
- Injury > wrist > blood vessel
- Injury > finger > blood vessel
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > thigh
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > wrist
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > digital
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > leg > thigh
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > limb > lower
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > hand > finger
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > finger > specified type NEC
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > finger > index > specified type NEC
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > finger > little > specified type NEC
- Injury > blood vessel NEC > finger > middle > specified type NEC
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S65.590 | Other specified injury of blood vessel of right index finger | Not billable |
| S65.591 | Other specified injury of blood vessel of left index finger | Not billable |
| S65.592 | Other specified injury of blood vessel of right middle finger | Not billable |
| S65.593 | Other specified injury of blood vessel of left middle finger | Not billable |
| S65.595 | Other specified injury of blood vessel of left ring finger | Not billable |
| S65.596 | Other specified injury of blood vessel of right little finger | Not billable |
| S65.597 | Other specified injury of blood vessel of left little finger | Not billable |
| S65.598 | Other specified injury of blood vessel of other finger | Not billable |
| S65.599 | Other specified injury of blood vessel of unspecified finger | Not billable |