kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Section

S60.42

Blister (nonthermal) of fingers

Hierarchy

  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • S60-S69 Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers (S60-S69)
      • S60 Superficial injury of wrist, hand and fingers
        • S60.4 Other superficial injuries of other fingers
          • S60.42 Blister (nonthermal) of fingers
            • S60.420 Blister (nonthermal) of right index finger
            • S60.421 Blister (nonthermal) of left index finger
            • S60.422 Blister (nonthermal) of right middle finger
            • S60.423 Blister (nonthermal) of left middle finger
            • S60.424 Blister (nonthermal) of right ring finger
            • S60.425 Blister (nonthermal) of left ring finger
            • S60.426 Blister (nonthermal) of right little finger
            • S60.427 Blister (nonthermal) of left little finger
            • S60.428 Blister (nonthermal) of other finger
            • S60.429 Blister (nonthermal) of unspecified finger

Notes

S00-T88

  • Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
  • The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Use Additional

S00-T88

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
    • Z18 Retained foreign body fragments

Excludes 1

S00-T88

  • P10-P15 Birth trauma (P10-P15)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Excludes 2

S60-S69

  • T20-T32 Burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
  • T33-T34 Frostbite (T33-T34)
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
    • T63.4 Toxic effect of venom of other arthropods