S60.453A Superficial foreign body of left middle finger, init encntr
Instructional Notes:
S60.453A Description: Superficial foreign body of left middle finger, init encntr ↓
S60.453 Description: Superficial foreign body of left middle finger ↓
S60.45 Description: Superficial foreign body of fingers Inclusion Term:
Splinter in the finger(s)
↓
S60.4 Description: Other superficial injuries of other fingers ↓
S60 Description: Superficial injury of wrist, hand and fingers ↓
S60-S69 Description: Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers (S60-S69) Exclude2:
burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
frostbite (T33-T34)
insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
↓
S00-T88 Description: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes Exclude2:
birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
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
Use Additional Code:
code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)