915.8 - Other And Unspecified Superficial Injury Of Fingers Without Mention Of Infection
The ICD 9 Code for
Other and unspecified superficial injury of fingers without mention of infection is listed as
915.8. Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS, and chapter information where available.
| ICD 9 CM Field |
Value |
| Diagnosis Code: |
915.8 |
| Long Description: |
Other and unspecified superficial injury of fingers without mention of infection |
| Short Description: |
Superfic inj finger-NEC |
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| Chapter: |
Injury And Poisoning |
| Block: |
Superficial Injury (910-919) |
| Related Descriptions: |
Nailfold/finger-pulp infarcts in rheumatoid disease
Scratch of finger
Scratch of thumb
Superficial injury of finger
Superficial injury of finger without infection
Superficial injury of thumb
Superficial laceration of finger
Superficial laceration of nail of finger
Superficial laceration of thumb
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| ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Codes General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS): |
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| ICD-10-CM Code: |
S60.939A - Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified thumb, initial encounter (approximate) |
| ICD-10-CM Code: |
S60.949A - Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified finger, initial encounter (approximate) |
| ICD-9-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 915.8: |
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| 915.0 - Abrasion or friction burn of finger(s), without mention of infection |
| 915.1 - Abrasion or friction burn of finger(s), infected |
| 915.2 - Blister of finger(s), without mention of infection |
| 915.3 - Blister of finger(s), infected |
| 915.4 - Insect bite, nonvenomous, of finger(s), without mention of infection |
| 915.5 - Insect bite, nonvenomous of finger(s), infected |
| 915.6 - Superficial foreign body (splinter) of finger(s), without major open wound and without mention of infection |
| 915.7 - Superficial foreign body (splinter) of finger(s), without major open wound, infected |
| 915.9 - Other and unspecified superficial injury of fingers, infected |
