ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S60-S69 › S60.3 Other superficial injuries of thumb › S60.34

S60.34

External constriction of thumb

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

  • S60.341 External constriction of right thumb (also a header)
  • S60.342 External constriction of left thumb (also a header)
  • S60.349 External constriction of unspecified thumb (also a header)

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft External constriction of thumb

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from S60 Superficial injury of wrist, hand and fingers

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S60

Inherited from the S60-S69 section Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers (S60-S69)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
  • frostbite (T33-T34)
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
S60.31 Abrasion of thumb Not billable
S60.32 Blister (nonthermal) of thumb Not billable
S60.35 Superficial foreign body of thumb Not billable
S60.36 Insect bite (nonvenomous) of thumb Not billable
S60.37 Other superficial bite of thumb Not billable
S60.39 Other superficial injuries of thumb Not billable