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ICD-10-CM Codes
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S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
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S60-S69
Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers
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S60-
Superficial injury of wrist, hand and fingers
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S60.37
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S60.37
Other superficial bite of thumb
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- S60.37 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S60.37 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S60.37 - other international versions of ICD-10 S60.37 may differ.
Type 1 ExcludesType 1 Excludes Help
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as S60.37. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
The following code(s) above
S60.37 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
S60.37:
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
Code annotations containing back-references to S60.37:
- Bite(s) (animal) (human)
- thumb S61.05-
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S61.05-
Open bite of thumb without damage to nail
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S60.37
S60.362 Insect bite (nonvenomous) of left thumb
S60.369 Insect bite (nonvenomous) of unspecified thumb
S60.37
Other superficial bite of thumb
S60.371 Other superficial bite of right thumb
S60.372 Other superficial bite of left thumb
S60.379 Other superficial bite of unspecified thumb
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.