S60.47
Header — not billableOther superficial bite of fingers
The ICD-10 code for other superficial bite of fingers is S60.47.
S60.47 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 10 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under S60.47
- S60.470Other superficial bite of right index finger
- S60.471Other superficial bite of left index finger
- S60.472Other superficial bite of right middle finger
- S60.473Other superficial bite of left middle finger
- S60.474Other superficial bite of right ring finger
- S60.475Other superficial bite of left ring finger
- S60.476Other superficial bite of right little finger
- S60.477Other superficial bite of left little finger
- S60.478Other superficial bite of other finger
- S60.479Other superficial bite of unspecified finger
Related codes in this category
- S60.41Abrasion of fingersnon-billable header
- S60.42Blister (nonthermal) of fingersnon-billable header
- S60.44External constriction of fingersnon-billable header
- S60.45Superficial foreign body of fingersnon-billable header
- S60.46Insect bite (nonvenomous) of fingersnon-billable header
- S60.47Other superficial bite of fingersnon-billable header