S60.45
S60.45 — Superficial foreign body of fingers
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S60.45 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for superficial foreign body of 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
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Splinter in the finger(s)
Risk adjustment
S60.45 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 S60.45
10 child codes. Green means billable.
- S60.450Superficial foreign body of right index finger
- S60.451Superficial foreign body of left index finger
- S60.452Superficial foreign body of right middle finger
- S60.453Superficial foreign body of left middle finger
- S60.454Superficial foreign body of right ring finger
- S60.455Superficial foreign body of left ring finger
- S60.456Superficial foreign body of right little finger
- S60.457Superficial foreign body of left little finger
- S60.458Superficial foreign body of other finger
- S60.459Superficial foreign body of unspecified finger
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S60.4. If S60.45 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about S60.45
- Is S60.45 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S60.45 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S60.45 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).