Q68.1

Q68.1: Congenital deformity of finger(s) and hand

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CMPOA exempt

Q68.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for congenital deformity of finger(s) and hand. It is valid for submission on a claim.

Check Q68.1 with the rest of the claim: free scrubber

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Congenital clubfinger
Spade-like hand (congenital)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above Q68.1

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on Q68: Other congenital musculoskeletal deformities

reduction defects of limb(s) (Q71-Q73)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above Q68.1

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on Q68: Other congenital musculoskeletal deformities

congenital myotonic chondrodystrophy (G71.13)

Other codes that can never be billed with Q68.1

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

R68.3Clubbing of fingers

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Spade-like hand(congenital)
Clawhand›congenital
Clubfinger›congenital
Distortion›finger(s)
Distortion›hand bone(s)
Main en griffe›congenital
Contraction, contracture, contracted›finger NEC›congenital
Deformity›finger›congenital
Deformity›hand›congenital
Deformity›thumb›congenital NEC
Malposition›congenital›finger(s)
Malposition›congenital›hand

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Other codes under Q68