Kodex

Section

S60.34

External constriction of thumb

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
    - S60.3 Other superficial injuries of thumb
      - S60.34 External constriction of thumb
        
        S60.341 External constriction of right thumb
        
        S60.342 External constriction of left thumb
        
        S60.349 External constriction of unspecified thumb

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.

Inclusion Terms

S60.34

Hair tourniquet syndrome of thumb

Use Additional

S60.34

cause code to identify the constricting item (W49.0-)
- W49.0 Item causing external constriction

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

Excludes 1

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