S60.458
Superficial foreign body of other finger
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 5 never code together
S60-S69block
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
7th character 3
A initial encounter
D subsequent encounter
S sequela
Instructional notes 4
S60.458code
Inclusion terms
- Superficial foreign body of specified finger with unspecified laterality
S00-T88chapter
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.
Use additional code
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)Z18.-
Index entries leading here 1
Alongside this code 9 same parent — S60.45
S60.450 Superficial foreign body of right index finger category S60.451 Superficial foreign body of left index finger category S60.452 Superficial foreign body of right middle finger category S60.453 Superficial foreign body of left middle finger category S60.454 Superficial foreign body of right ring finger category S60.455 Superficial foreign body of left ring finger category S60.456 Superficial foreign body of right little finger category S60.457 Superficial foreign body of left little finger category S60.459 Superficial foreign body of unspecified finger category
Subordinate codes 3
Additional references
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