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  1. ICD.Codes
  2. ICD-10-CM (2016)
  3. Chapter 19
  4. Section S60-S69
  5. Code S63.4

ICD-10-CM Code S63.4
Traumatic rupture of ligament of finger at metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joint(s)

NON-BILLABLE
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.
| ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016

ICD Code S63.4 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the five child codes of S63.4 that describes the diagnosis 'traum rupt of ligmt of finger at mcp and interphaln joint(s)' in more detail.

The ICD code S634 is used to code Stener lesion

A Stener lesion is a type of traumatic injury to the thumb. It occurs when the aponeurosis of the adductor pollicis muscle becomes interposed between the ruptured ulnar collateral ligament (UCL) of the thumb and its site of insertion at the base of the proximal phalanx. No longer in contact with its insertion site, the UCL cannot spontaneously heal.

Specialty: Emergency Medicine
MeSH Code: D006227
ICD 9 Code: 719.94
Source: Wikipedia

Parent Code: S63 - Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments at wrist and hand level

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