S60.87 Other superficial bite of wrist

Non-billable header with 3 child codes.

Excludes1 (never code together)

• open bite of wrist (S61.55)

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 S60.87

• S60.871 Other superficial bite of right wrist
• S60.872 Other superficial bite of left wrist
• S60.879 Other superficial bite of unspecified wrist

Code annotations containing back-references to S60.87

Back-references to S60.87

• Type 1 Excludes: S61.55 Open bite of wrist ("superficial bite of wrist (S60.86-, S60.87-)")

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 S60.87

• Bite (s) (animal) (human) › wrist › superficial NEC

Nearby codes

• S60.862S Insect bite (nonvenomous) of left wrist, sequela
• S60.869 Insect bite (nonvenomous) of unspecified wrist
• S60.869A Insect bite (nonvenomous) of unspecified wrist, initial encounter
• S60.869D Insect bite (nonvenomous) of unspecified wrist, subsequent encounter
• S60.869S Insect bite (nonvenomous) of unspecified wrist, sequela
• S60.87 Other superficial bite of wrist (this code)
• S60.871 Other superficial bite of right wrist
• S60.871A Other superficial bite of right wrist, initial encounter
• S60.871D Other superficial bite of right wrist, subsequent encounter
• S60.871S Other superficial bite of right wrist, sequela
• S60.872 Other superficial bite of left wrist