ICD-10-CM Codes
S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
S60-S69 Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers
S60- Superficial injury of wrist, hand and fingers
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S60.91

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S60.91

Unspecified superficial injury of wrist

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code

S60.91 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 S60.91 became effective on October 1, 2020.
This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S60.91 - other international versions of ICD-10 S60.91 may differ.

The following code(s) above S60.91 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 S60.91:

S00-T88
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
Note
- Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
Type 1 Excludes
- birth trauma (P10-P15)
- obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
Use Additional
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
S60-S69
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S60-S69
Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers
Type 2 Excludes
- burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
- frostbite (T33-T34)
- insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers

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

Diagnosis Index entries containing back-references to S60.91:

Injury T14.90
- see also specified injury type
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T14.90
Injury, unspecified
Applicable To
Injury NOS
- superficial NEC T14.8
  ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T14.8
  Other injury of unspecified body region
  2016 2017 2018 - Converted to Parent Code 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
  Applicable To
  Abrasion NOS
  Contusion NOS
  Crush injury NOS
  Fracture NOS
  Skin injury NOS
  Vascular injury NOS
  Wound NOS
  - wrist S60.91-

ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S60.91

S60.871S …… sequela

S60.872 Other superficial bite of left wrist

S60.872A …… initial encounter

S60.872D …… subsequent encounter

S60.872S …… sequela

S60.879 Other superficial bite of unspecified wrist

S60.879A …… initial encounter

S60.879D …… subsequent encounter

S60.879S …… sequela

S60.9 Unspecified superficial injury of wrist, hand and fingers

S60.91 Unspecified superficial injury of wrist

S60.911 Unspecified superficial injury of right wrist

S60.911A …… initial encounter

S60.911D …… subsequent encounter

S60.911S …… sequela

S60.912 Unspecified superficial injury of left wrist

S60.912A …… initial encounter

S60.912D …… subsequent encounter

S60.912S …… sequela

S60.919 Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified wrist

S60.919A …… initial encounter

Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.

2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S60.91

Unspecified superficial injury of wrist

Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers

Injury, unspecified

Other injury of unspecified body region