ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S60-S69 › S60.4 Other superficial injuries of other fingers › S60.42

S60.42

Blister (nonthermal) of fingers

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 10 more specific codes instead:

  • S60.420 Blister (nonthermal) of right index finger (also a header)
  • S60.421 Blister (nonthermal) of left index finger (also a header)
  • S60.422 Blister (nonthermal) of right middle finger (also a header)
  • S60.423 Blister (nonthermal) of left middle finger (also a header)
  • S60.424 Blister (nonthermal) of right ring finger (also a header)
  • S60.425 Blister (nonthermal) of left ring finger (also a header)
  • S60.426 Blister (nonthermal) of right little finger (also a header)
  • S60.427 Blister (nonthermal) of left little finger (also a header)
  • S60.428 Blister (nonthermal) of other finger (also a header)
  • S60.429 Blister (nonthermal) of unspecified finger (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 Blister (nonthermal) of fingers

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
S60.41 Abrasion of fingers Not billable
S60.44 External constriction of fingers Not billable
S60.45 Superficial foreign body of fingers Not billable
S60.46 Insect bite (nonvenomous) of fingers Not billable
S60.47 Other superficial bite of fingers Not billable