S60.85 Superficial foreign body of wrist

Non-billable header with 3 child codes.

Applicable to

• Splinter in the wrist

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

Codes under S60.85

• S60.851 Superficial foreign body of right wrist
• S60.852 Superficial foreign body of left wrist
• S60.859 Superficial foreign body of unspecified wrist

Code annotations containing back-references to S60.85

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 S60.85

• Foreign body › superficial, without open wound › wrist

Nearby codes

• S60.842S External constriction of left wrist, sequela
• S60.849 External constriction of unspecified wrist
• S60.849A External constriction of unspecified wrist, initial encounter
• S60.849D External constriction of unspecified wrist, subsequent encounter
• S60.849S External constriction of unspecified wrist, sequela
• S60.85 Superficial foreign body of wrist (this code)
• S60.851 Superficial foreign body of right wrist
• S60.851A Superficial foreign body of right wrist, initial encounter
• S60.851D Superficial foreign body of right wrist, subsequent encounter
• S60.851S Superficial foreign body of right wrist, sequela
• S60.852 Superficial foreign body of left wrist