S60

Non-billableSave

Superficial injury of wrist, hand and fingers

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Coding Guidance

S60 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are more specific codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. See Related Codes to drill down to more specific billable codes for appropriate reimbursement.

Additional Information

From parent codes: S00-T88 (Chapter 19)

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S00-T88

Excludes1 means 'NOT CODED HERE!' An Excludes1 note indicates mutually exclusive codes: two conditions that cannot be reported together.

birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Use Additional CodeFrom S00-T88

The 'use additional code' note instructs that a secondary code should be added to provide more detail.

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

More Specific Codes (8)

S60.0Contusion of finger without damage to nailCategory→S60.1Contusion of finger with damage to nailCategory→S60.2Contusion of wrist and handCategory→S60.3Other superficial injuries of thumbCategory→S60.4Other superficial injuries of other fingersCategory→S60.5Other superficial injuries of handCategory→S60.8Other superficial injuries of wristCategory→S60.9Unspecified superficial injury of wrist, hand and fingersCategory→

Chapter Information

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Range: S00-T88

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Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for S60

Contusion of finger without damage to nail

S60.0›

Contusion of finger with damage to nail

S60.1›

Contusion of wrist and hand

S60.2›

Other superficial injuries of thumb

S60.3›

Other superficial injuries of other fingers

S60.4›

Other superficial injuries of hand

S60.5›

Other superficial injuries of wrist

S60.8›

Unspecified superficial injury of wrist, hand and fingers

S60.9›

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