S60.429 — Blister (nonthermal) of unspecified finger
S60.429 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for blister (nonthermal) of unspecified finger. 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
Risk adjustment
S60.429 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.
How S60.429 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to S60.429.
- Blister›finger(s)
Code to one of these instead S60.429
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S60.42. If S60.429 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S60.420Blister (nonthermal) of right index finger
- S60.421Blister (nonthermal) of left index finger
- S60.422Blister (nonthermal) of right middle finger
- S60.423Blister (nonthermal) of left middle finger
- S60.424Blister (nonthermal) of right ring finger
- S60.425Blister (nonthermal) of left ring finger
- S60.426Blister (nonthermal) of right little finger
- S60.427Blister (nonthermal) of left little finger
- S60.428Blister (nonthermal) of other finger
Questions about S60.429
- Is S60.429 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S60.429 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S60.429 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).