Kodex

Section

S60.01

Contusion of thumb without damage to nail

Hierarchy

S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- S60-S69 Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers (S60-S69)
  - S60 Superficial injury of wrist, hand and fingers
    - S60.0 Contusion of finger without damage to nail
      - S60.01 Contusion of thumb without damage to nail
        
        S60.011 Contusion of right thumb without damage to nail
        
        S60.012 Contusion of left thumb without damage to nail
        
        S60.019 Contusion of unspecified thumb without damage to nail

Notes

Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Use Additional

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
- Z18 Retained foreign body fragments

Excludes 1

contusion involving nail (matrix) (S60.1)
- S60.1 Contusion of finger with damage to nail

P10-P15 Birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Excludes 2

T20-T32 Burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
T33-T34 Frostbite (T33-T34)
insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
- T63.4 Toxic effect of venom of other arthropods