Crushing injury of other finger(s)

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 9 more specific codes instead:

S67.190 Crushing injury of right index finger (also a header)
S67.191 Crushing injury of left index finger (also a header)
S67.192 Crushing injury of right middle finger (also a header)
S67.193 Crushing injury of left middle finger (also a header)
S67.194 Crushing injury of right ring finger (also a header)
S67.195 Crushing injury of left ring finger (also a header)
S67.196 Crushing injury of right little finger (also a header)
S67.197 Crushing injury of left little finger (also a header)
S67.198 Crushing injury of other finger (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 Crushing injury of other finger(s)

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 S67 Crushing injury of wrist, hand and fingers

Seventh character required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S67

Use additional code

code for all associated injuries, such as:
fracture of wrist and hand (S62.-)
open wound of wrist and hand (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 > crushing
Cave-in, injury > crushing
Crush, crushed, crushing > extremity > upper > finger
Crush, crushed, crushing > finger > ring
Crush, crushed, crushing > finger > index
Crush, crushed, crushing > finger > little
Crush, crushed, crushing > finger > middle

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S67.10	Crushing injury of unspecified finger(s)	Not billable