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S60

S60: Superficial injury of wrist, hand and fingers

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S60 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for superficial injury of wrist, hand and fingers. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.

This code requires a 7th character

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S60

A
initial encounter
D
subsequent encounter
S
sequela

Other codes that can never be billed with S60

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

  • S60.0Contusion of finger without damage to nail
  • S61.05Open bite of thumb without damage to nail
  • S61.15Open bite of thumb with damage to nail
  • S61.25Open bite of finger without damage to nail
  • S61.35Open bite of finger with damage to nail
  • S61.45Open bite of hand
  • S61.55Open bite of wrist

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead S60

8 child codes. Green means billable.

ICD-10-CMFY2027· effective October 1, 2026

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