Q68.1 — Congenital deformity of finger(s) and hand
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.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Congenital clubfinger
- Spade-like hand (congenital)
Other codes that can never be billed with Q68.1
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at Q68.1. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading Q68.1 alone.
- R68.3Clubbing of fingers
Risk adjustment
Q68.1 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How Q68.1 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to Q68.1.
- 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
Related codes at this level
Codes that share Q68. If Q68.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about Q68.1
- Is Q68.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. Q68.1 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does Q68.1 sit in the tabular list?
- Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-QA0), in the block Congenital malformations and deformations of the musculoskeletal system (Q65-Q79).