S60.47
Other superficial bite of fingers
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 6 never code together
S60-S69block
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
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 3
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 5 same parent — S60.4
Subordinate codes 10
S60.470 Other superficial bite of right index finger S60.471 Other superficial bite of left index finger S60.472 Other superficial bite of right middle finger S60.473 Other superficial bite of left middle finger S60.474 Other superficial bite of right ring finger S60.475 Other superficial bite of left ring finger S60.476 Other superficial bite of right little finger S60.477 Other superficial bite of left little finger S60.478 Other superficial bite of other finger S60.479 Other superficial bite of unspecified finger
Additional references
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