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R68.3

Billable

Clubbing of fingers

This code does not map to an HCC category in any model (V28, V24, ESRD, RxHCC).

What This Code Means

Enlargement and rounding of the fingertips and nails, often indicating an underlying lung, heart, or other chronic disease.

Coding Tips

  • •Investigate the underlying cause (chronic lung disease, cyanotic heart disease, cirrhosis) and code the primary condition if identified
  • •Document whether clubbing is present in fingers, toes, or both

Excludes 1 — Do NOT code together

  • congenital clubfinger (Q68.1)

Code Hierarchy

└R68Other general symptoms and signs└R68.3Clubbing of fingers
└R68.3Clubbing of fingers

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