S60.852 Superficial foreign body of left wrist

Non-billable ICD-10-CM code.

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 S60.85 Superficial foreign body of wrist

Applicable to

• Splinter in the wrist

Code annotations containing back-references to S60.852

Back-references to S60

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

Nearby codes

• S60.85 Superficial foreign body of wrist
• 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 (this code)
• S60.852A Superficial foreign body of left wrist, initial encounter
• S60.852D Superficial foreign body of left wrist, subsequent encounter
• S60.852S Superficial foreign body of left wrist, sequela
• S60.859 Superficial foreign body of unspecified wrist
• S60.859A Superficial foreign body of unspecified wrist, initial encounter