Is S60.471 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. S60.471 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does S60.471 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).

What cannot be coded together with S60.471?

S60.471 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above S60.471 (S60.47) and apply to it just the same.

S60.471

S60.471 — Other superficial bite of left index finger

Non-billable headerICD-10-CMleft

S60.471 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other superficial bite of left index 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

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S60.471

These are not written on S60.471, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing S60.471 with anything listed here is a denial.

Written on S60.47 — Other superficial bite of fingers

open bite of fingers (S61.25-, S61.35-)

Risk adjustment

S60.471 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 history

S60.471 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Code to one of these instead S60.471

3 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share S60.47. If S60.471 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about S60.471

Is S60.471 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. S60.471 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does S60.471 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).
What cannot be coded together with S60.471?: S60.471 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above S60.471 (S60.47) and apply to it just the same.