ICD-10-CM Code S60.947 Unspecified superficial injury of left little finger Non-Billable Code S60.947 is a non-billable ICD-10 code for Unspecified superficial injury of left little finger. It should not be used for HIPAA-covered transactions as a more specific code is available to choose from below.
Finger Amputation Codes 1 Traumatic thumb amputation (885.0) 2 Traumatic thumb amputation, compl (885.1) 3 Traumatic finger amputation (886.0) 4 Traumatic finger amputation, compl (886.1) 5 Late effect of traumatic amputation (905.9) 6 Late effect, open wound extremity (nonspecific) (906.1) 7 Neuroma of amputation stump (997.61)
For avulsion involving skin or subcutaneous, according to the ICD-10-CM index is coded as Wound, open which leads to S61.- It would be coded to one of the following subgroups depending on finger and/or fingernail involvement S61.0- Open wound of thumb without damage to nail S61.1- Open wound of thumb with damage to nail
Transphalangeal amputations usually involve the four fingers in similar or slightly varying degrees. Most often these patients need no device but they may desire cosmetic fingers. These can be fitted easily when at least half of the proximal phalanx remains for each finger.
An amputation is the partial or complete loss of a limb or digit. A finger amputation can result from an accidental injury, serious infection, or severe crush injury.
0HBRXZZICD-10-PCS code 0HBRXZZ for Excision of Toe Nail, External Approach is a medical classification as listed by CMS under Skin and Breast range.
Thousands of people suffer from devastating hand injuries every year, often leading to fingertip amputations. It is estimated that as many as 45,000 finger amputations are performed in the US per year with an incidence rate of 7.5/100,000 people [1,2].
Stick your pinkies out and raise your glasses for a toast to the fifth finger. Without it, your hand would be half as strong. “You'd lose 50 percent of your hand strength, easily,” Laurie Rogers, a certified hand therapist in Washington, told the New York Times.
Rule 4. Opposite Amputated Fingers; Classification is whorls with meeting tracings.
11750 is a more intensive version of 11730. 11730 is performed so the nail can grow back. 11750 in addition to remove of the nail, the matrix/nailbed is killed off so the nail doesn't grow back. The descriptions for CPT codes 11730, 11732 and 11750 indicate partial or complete.
L60.2ICD-10 code: L60. 2 Onychogryphosis | gesund.bund.de.
Losing a toenail or fingernail because of an injury is called avulsion. The nail may be completely or partially torn off after a trauma to the area. Your doctor may have removed the nail, put part of it back into place, or repaired the nail bed.
Amputations include a part, such as a limb or appendage, that has been severed, cut off, amputated (either completely or partially); fingertip amputations with or without bone loss; medical amputations resulting from irreparable damage; amputations of body parts that have since been reattached.
The little finger is important in a strong grip and hand surgeons agree if you're going to lose a finger the index finger is the best one to lose. Of all your fingers, you might think your pinky is the most useless.
Amputations in the hand are commonly the result of a traumatic injury but may be the result of a planned operation to prevent the spread of disease in an infected finger or hand. Occasionally, traumatically-amputated fingers may be replanted (reattached).