S60.55 Superficial foreign body of hand

Non-billable header with 3 child codes.

Applicable to

• Splinter in the hand

Applies from S60 Superficial injury of wrist, hand and fingers

7th character note

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S60

7th character required

• A — initial encounter
• D — subsequent encounter
• S — sequela

Applies from S60.5 Other superficial injuries of hand

Excludes2 (not included here)

• superficial injuries of fingers (S60.3-, S60.4-)

Codes under S60.55

• S60.551 Superficial foreign body of right hand
• S60.552 Superficial foreign body of left hand
• S60.559 Superficial foreign body of unspecified hand

Code annotations containing back-references to S60.55

Back-references to S60

• Type 2 Excludes: S50 Superficial injury of elbow and forearm ("superficial injury of wrist and hand (S60.-)")

Diagnosis Index entries for S60.55

• Foreign body › superficial, without open wound › hand

Nearby codes

• S60.542S External constriction of left hand, sequela
• S60.549 External constriction of unspecified hand
• S60.549A External constriction of unspecified hand, initial encounter
• S60.549D External constriction of unspecified hand, subsequent encounter
• S60.549S External constriction of unspecified hand, sequela
• S60.55 Superficial foreign body of hand (this code)
• S60.551 Superficial foreign body of right hand
• S60.551A Superficial foreign body of right hand, initial encounter
• S60.551D Superficial foreign body of right hand, subsequent encounter
• S60.551S Superficial foreign body of right hand, sequela
• S60.552 Superficial foreign body of left hand