ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S60-S69 › S60.4 Other superficial injuries of other fingers › S60.44

S60.44

External constriction 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:

  • S60.440 External constriction of right index finger (also a header)
  • S60.441 External constriction of left index finger (also a header)
  • S60.442 External constriction of right middle finger (also a header)
  • S60.443 External constriction of left middle finger (also a header)
  • S60.444 External constriction of right ring finger (also a header)
  • S60.445 External constriction of left ring finger (also a header)
  • S60.446 External constriction of right little finger (also a header)
  • S60.447 External constriction of left little finger (also a header)
  • S60.448 External constriction of other finger (also a header)
  • S60.449 External constriction 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 External constriction 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
S60.42 Blister (nonthermal) 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