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S63.49

Traumatic rupture of other ligament of finger at metacarpophalangeal and interphalangeal joint

Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 6 never code together
S63code
Excludes2
  • strain of muscle, fascia and tendon of wrist and hand (S66.-)S66.-
S60-S69block
Excludes2
  • burns and corrosions (T20-T32)T20-T32
  • frostbite (T33-T34)T33-T34
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)T63.4
S00-T88chapter
Excludes2

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

7th character 3
A initial encounter
D subsequent encounter
S sequela
Instructional notes 11
S63code
Includes
  • avulsion of joint or ligament at wrist and hand level
  • laceration of cartilage, joint or ligament at wrist and hand level
  • sprain of cartilage, joint or ligament at wrist and hand level
  • traumatic hemarthrosis of joint or ligament at wrist and hand level
  • traumatic rupture of joint or ligament at wrist and hand level
  • traumatic subluxation of joint or ligament at wrist and hand level
  • traumatic tear of joint or ligament at wrist and hand level
Code also
  • any associated open wound
S00-T88chapter
Notes
  • Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
  • The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
Use additional code
  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)Z18.-
Index entries leading here 1
  • Rupture, ruptured
Alongside this code 4 same parent — S63.4
S63.40 Traumatic rupture of unsp ligament of finger at MCP/IP jt category S63.41 Traumatic rupture of collat ligament of finger at MCP/IP jt category S63.42 Traumatic rupture of palmar ligament of finger at MCP/IP jt category S63.43 Traumatic rupture of volar plate of finger at MCP/IP jt category
Subordinate codes 10
S63.490 Traumatic rupture of ligament of r idx fngr at MCP/IP jt S63.491 Traumatic rupture of ligament of l idx fngr at MCP/IP jt S63.492 Traumatic rupture of ligament of r mid finger at MCP/IP jt S63.493 Traumatic rupture of ligament of l mid finger at MCP/IP jt S63.494 Traumatic rupture of ligament of r rng fngr at MCP/IP jt S63.495 Traumatic rupture of ligament of l rng fngr at MCP/IP jt S63.496 Traum rupture of ligament of r little finger at MCP/IP jt S63.497 Traum rupture of ligament of l little finger at MCP/IP jt S63.498 Traumatic rupture of ligament of finger at MCP/IP jt S63.499 Traumatic rupture of ligament of unsp finger at MCP/IP jt
Additional references
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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.

Risk adjustment

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This code

Billable
no
Code set
FY2026
Parent
S63.4
Block
S60-S69
Siblings
4
Subordinate
10

Present FY2024–FY2027.