ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S60-S69 › S60.36 Insect bite (nonvenomous) of thumb › S60.369

S60.369

Insect bite (nonvenomous) of unspecified 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:

  • S60.369A Insect bite (nonvenomous) of unspecified thumb, initial encounter
  • S60.369D Insect bite (nonvenomous) of unspecified thumb, subsequent encounter
  • S60.369S Insect bite (nonvenomous) of unspecified thumb, sequela

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

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 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. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Insect bite (nonvenomous) of unspecified 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.

Showing 40 of 57 index phrases.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
S60.361 Insect bite (nonvenomous) of right thumb Not billable
S60.362 Insect bite (nonvenomous) of left thumb Not billable