Instruction Source: S60.559A
Superficial foreign body of unspecified hand, init encntr
Instruction Source: S60.559
Superficial foreign body of unspecified hand
Instruction Source: S60.55
Superficial foreign body of hand
Instruction Source: S60.5
Other superficial injuries of hand
Excludes 2 (Not Included Here)
- superficial injuries of fingers (S60.3-, S60.4-)
Instruction Source: S60
Superficial injury of wrist, hand and fingers
Instruction Source: S60-S69
Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers (S60-S69)
Excludes 2 (Not Included Here)
- burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
- frostbite (T33-T34)
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
Instruction Source: S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
Excludes 2 (Not Included Here)
- birth trauma (P10-P15)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
Clinical 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