Kodex

Section

S60.579

Other superficial bite of hand of unspecified hand

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
    - S60.5 Other superficial injuries of hand
      - S60.57 Other superficial bite of hand
        
        S60.579 Other superficial bite of hand of unspecified hand
        
        S60.579A initial encounter
        
        S60.579D subsequent encounter
        
        S60.579S sequela

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

S61.45 Open bite of hand

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

Excludes 2

superficial injuries of fingers (S60.3-, S60.4-)
- S60.3 Other superficial injuries of thumb
- S60.4 Other superficial injuries of other fingers

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