S60.479

The ICD-10-CM code for other superficial bite of unspecified finger is S60.479. The full clinical description is "Other superficial bite of unspecified finger". S60.479 is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

ICD-10-CM code S60.479 represents “Other superficial bite of unspecified finger”. It is classified under Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes and is a non-billable header code. Use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

No, S60.479 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 3 child codes under S60.479.

S60.479 is in Chapter 19: Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes S00-T88).

S60.479 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: birth trauma (P10-P15); obstetric trauma (O70-O71); open bite of fingers (S61.25-, S61.35-).

S60.479 has 3 child codes, including: S60.479A (Other superficial bite of unspecified finger, init encntr), S60.479D (Other superficial bite of unspecified finger, subs encntr), S60.479S (Other superficial bite of unspecified finger, sequela).

Yes, when using S60.479, also report: any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-).

S60.479 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C2849404. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

ICF (International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health) codes describe how conditions like other superficial bite of unspecified finger affect a person's functioning: body functions, activities, participation, and environmental factors. AutoICD provides ICF Core Sets for 12+ conditions and can map clinical text to ICF categories automatically. Browse the ICF directory to explore functioning codes.

There is no direct ICD-11 mapping available for S60.479 in the WHO crosswalk tables. This may mean the concept is classified differently in ICD-11. Use the ICD-10 to ICD-11 converter to search for related codes.