S66.397
S66.397 — Other injury of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of left little finger at wrist and hand level
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMleft
S66.397 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other injury of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of left little finger at wrist and hand level. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S66
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
S66.397 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.
Code to one of these instead S66.397
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- S66.397AOther injury of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of left little finger at wrist and hand level, initial encounter
- S66.397DOther injury of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of left little finger at wrist and hand level, subsequent encounter
- S66.397SOther injury of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of left little finger at wrist and hand level, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S66.39. If S66.397 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S66.390Other injury of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of right index finger at wrist and hand level
- S66.391Other injury of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of left index finger at wrist and hand level
- S66.392Other injury of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of right middle finger at wrist and hand level
- S66.393Other injury of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of left middle finger at wrist and hand level
- S66.394Other injury of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of right ring finger at wrist and hand level
- S66.395Other injury of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of left ring finger at wrist and hand level
- S66.396Other injury of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of right little finger at wrist and hand level
- S66.398Other injury of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of other finger at wrist and hand level
- S66.399Other injury of extensor muscle, fascia and tendon of unspecified finger at wrist and hand level
Questions about S66.397
- Is S66.397 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S66.397 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S66.397 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers (S60-S69).