S60.944
S60.944 — Unspecified superficial injury of right ring finger
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMright
S60.944 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified superficial injury of right ring 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
S60.944 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 S60.944
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S60.94. If S60.944 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S60.940Unspecified superficial injury of right index finger
- S60.941Unspecified superficial injury of left index finger
- S60.942Unspecified superficial injury of right middle finger
- S60.943Unspecified superficial injury of left middle finger
- S60.945Unspecified superficial injury of left ring finger
- S60.946Unspecified superficial injury of right little finger
- S60.947Unspecified superficial injury of left little finger
- S60.948Unspecified superficial injury of other finger
- S60.949Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified finger
Questions about S60.944
- Is S60.944 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S60.944 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S60.944 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).