S60.478 — Other superficial bite of other finger
S60.478 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other superficial bite of other 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
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Other superficial bite of specified finger with unspecified laterality
Risk adjustment
S60.478 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 S60.478 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 S60.478.
- Bite›finger›index›superficial NEC
Code to one of these instead S60.478
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S60.47. If S60.478 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S60.470Other superficial bite of right index finger
- S60.471Other superficial bite of left index finger
- S60.472Other superficial bite of right middle finger
- S60.473Other superficial bite of left middle finger
- S60.474Other superficial bite of right ring finger
- S60.475Other superficial bite of left ring finger
- S60.476Other superficial bite of right little finger
- S60.477Other superficial bite of left little finger
- S60.479Other superficial bite of unspecified finger
Questions about S60.478
- Is S60.478 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S60.478 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S60.478 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).