Kodex

Section

S60.55

Superficial foreign body of hand

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
    - S60.5 Other superficial injuries of hand
      - S60.55 Superficial foreign body of hand
        
        S60.551 Superficial foreign body of right hand
        
        S60.552 Superficial foreign body of left hand
        
        S60.559 Superficial foreign body of unspecified hand

Notes

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.

Inclusion Terms

S60.55

Splinter in the hand

Use Additional

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

Excludes 1

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

Excludes 2

superficial injuries of fingers (S60.3-, S60.4-)
- S60.3 Other superficial injuries of thumb
- S60.4 Other superficial injuries of other fingers

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