Is S68.618 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. S68.618 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does S68.618 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).

S68.618

S68.618 — Complete traumatic transphalangeal amputation of other finger

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S68.618 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for complete traumatic transphalangeal amputation of other finger. 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 S68

A: initial encounter
D: subsequent encounter
S: sequela

Inclusion terms

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

Complete traumatic transphalangeal amputation of specified finger with unspecified laterality

Other codes that can never be billed with S68.618

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at S68.618. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading S68.618 alone.

S58Traumatic amputation of elbow and forearm
S58.9Traumatic amputation of forearm, level unspecified
S61Open wound of wrist, hand and fingers
S62Fracture at wrist and hand level

Risk adjustment

S68.618 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 history

S68.618 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Code to one of these instead S68.618

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share S68.61. If S68.618 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about S68.618

Is S68.618 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. S68.618 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does S68.618 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).