ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S60-S69 › S60.4 Other superficial injuries of other fingers › S60.45
Superficial foreign body 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.
Submit one of these 10 more specific codes instead:
- S60.450 Superficial foreign body of right index finger (also a header)
- S60.451 Superficial foreign body of left index finger (also a header)
- S60.452 Superficial foreign body of right middle finger (also a header)
- S60.453 Superficial foreign body of left middle finger (also a header)
- S60.454 Superficial foreign body of right ring finger (also a header)
- S60.455 Superficial foreign body of left ring finger (also a header)
- S60.456 Superficial foreign body of right little finger (also a header)
- S60.457 Superficial foreign body of left little finger (also a header)
- S60.458 Superficial foreign body of other finger (also a header)
- S60.459 Superficial foreign body 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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Superficial foreign body 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.
- Emesis
- Retching
- Splinter
- Granuloma > talc
- Regurgitation > food
- Foreign body > granuloma
- Injury > finger > superficial
- Reaction > foreign > body NEC
- Foreign body > lacrimal punctum
- Aspiration > syndrome of newborn
- Regurgitation > gastric contents
- Myositis > foreign body granuloma
- Pneumonia > neonatal > aspiration
- Syndrome > aspiration, of newborn
- Asphyxia, asphyxiation > inhalation
- Injury > superficial NEC > digit > hand
- Injury > superficial NEC > foreign body
- Injury > superficial NEC > nail NEC > finger
- Injury > superficial NEC > phalanges > finger
- Injury > superficial NEC > subungual > finger
- Injury > superficial NEC > finger > foreign body
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > eyeball
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > lacrimal apparatus
- Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > digit > hand
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > tear ducts or glands
- Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > nail > finger
- Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > phalanges > finger
- Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > subungual > finger
- Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > finger > ring
- Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > finger > index
- Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > finger > little
- Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > finger > middle
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S60.41 | Abrasion of fingers | Not billable |
| S60.42 | Blister (nonthermal) of fingers | Not billable |
| S60.44 | External constriction of fingers | Not billable |
| S60.46 | Insect bite (nonvenomous) of fingers | Not billable |
| S60.47 | Other superficial bite of fingers | Not billable |