What causes a swollen index finger? Injury-related causes. Your index finger may swell due to a variety of injuries, such as the following. Acute trauma: An acute traumatic injury, such as falling directly onto your outstretched index finger or getting it slammed in a car door or struck by a hammer, can cause a fracture or dislocation.
Home remedies
The following are practical and straightforward tips to treat the swollen finger caused by the injury:
Inflammatory conditions that can result in a swollen index finger include: Any type of arthritis: This can cause swelling, pain, and deformity of the joints of the fingers. Gout: A buildup of uric acid in the joints due to gout can cause the sudden appearance of swollen, thickened, painfully inflamed fingers.
Localized swelling, mass and lump, upper limb, bilateral R22. 33 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM R22. 33 became effective on October 1, 2021.
Other specified soft tissue disorders M79. 89 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM M79. 89 became effective on October 1, 2021.
ICD-10-CM Code for Localized swelling, mass and lump, unspecified R22. 9.
M79. 89 converts approximately to one of the following ICD-9-CM codes: 729.81 - Swelling of limb. 729.99 - Other disorders of soft tissue.
Localized swelling, mass and lump, left upper limb The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM R22. 32 became effective on October 1, 2021. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of R22.
All soft tissue injuries vary in terms of severity, regardless of source: Grade 1 (Mild): These soft tissue injuries occur when the body's fibers are damaged at the microscopic level due to over-stretching, resulting in tenderness or swelling.
(eh-dee-ma) swelling caused by excess fluid in body tissues. Abnormal fluid accumulation in tissues or body cavities. Most cases of edema are present under the skin in subcutaneous tissue. Accumulation of an excessive amount of watery fluid in cells or intercellular tissues.
ICD-10 code E87. 70 for Fluid overload, unspecified is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases .
43 Localized swelling, mass and lump, lower limb, bilateral.
Other specified soft tissue disorders SiteICD-10 code: M79. 89 Other specified soft tissue disorders Site unspecified.
ICD-10 code R22. 33 for Localized swelling, mass and lump, upper limb, bilateral is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified .
ICD-10-CM Code for Local infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified L08. 9.
The ICD code R22 is used to code Swelling (medical) In medical parlance, swelling, turgescence or tumefaction is a transient abnormal enlargement of a body part or area not caused by proliferation of cells. It is caused by accumulation of fluid in tissues.
R22 . Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail. ICD Code R22 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the six child codes of R22 that describes the diagnosis 'localized swelling, ...
The ICD code R22 is used to code Swelling (medical) In medical parlance, swelling, turgescence or tumefaction is a transient abnormal enlargement of a body part or area not caused by proliferation of cells. It is caused by accumulation of fluid in tissues.
Left and right ring fingers of the same individual. The distal phalanx of the finger on the right exhibits swelling due to acute paronychia.
M79.644 is a valid billable ICD-10 diagnosis code for Pain in right finger (s) . It is found in the 2021 version of the ICD-10 Clinical Modification (CM) and can be used in all HIPAA-covered transactions from Oct 01, 2020 - Sep 30, 2021 .
DO NOT include the decimal point when electronically filing claims as it may be rejected. Some clearinghouses may remove it for you but to avoid having a rejected claim due to an invalid ICD-10 code, do not include the decimal point when submitting claims electronically.