S60.1 — Contusion of finger with damage to nail
S60.1 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for contusion of finger with damage to nail. 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 S60.1
These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at S60.1. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading S60.1 alone.
- S60.0Contusion of finger without damage to nail
Risk adjustment
S60.1 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
Code to one of these instead S60.1
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- S60.10Contusion of unspecified finger with damage to nail
- S60.11Contusion of thumb with damage to nail
- S60.12Contusion of index finger with damage to nail
- S60.13Contusion of middle finger with damage to nail
- S60.14Contusion of ring finger with damage to nail
- S60.15Contusion of little finger with damage to nail
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S60. If S60.1 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S60.0Contusion of finger without damage to nail
- S60.2Contusion of wrist and hand
- S60.3Other superficial injuries of thumb
- S60.4Other superficial injuries of other fingers
- S60.5Other superficial injuries of hand
- S60.8Other superficial injuries of wrist
- S60.9Unspecified superficial injury of wrist, hand and fingers
Questions about S60.1
- Is S60.1 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S60.1 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S60.1 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers (S60-S69).