External constriction of fingers
Requires 7th character
S60.44 requires a 7th character to be reported. Choose a complete code below.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Hair tourniquet syndrome of finger
Includes (from S60)
- 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
- Note: The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
7th character
This code requires a 7th character (defined at S60). Use the placeholder "X" for missing positions.
| Character | Meaning |
|---|---|
| A | initial encounter |
| D | subsequent encounter |
| S | sequela |
Also known as
- Hair tourniquet syndrome of finger
- Constriction, external, finger
- Constriction, external, finger, index
- Constriction, external, finger, little
- Constriction, external, finger, middle
- Constriction, external, finger, ring
- Hair, tourniquet syndrome, finger
Parent code
- S60.4Other superficial injuries of other fingersNeeds 7th char
More specific codes S60.44
- S60.440External constriction of right index fingerNeeds 7th char
- S60.441External constriction of left index fingerNeeds 7th char
- S60.442External constriction of right middle fingerNeeds 7th char
- S60.443External constriction of left middle fingerNeeds 7th char
- S60.444External constriction of right ring fingerNeeds 7th char
- S60.445External constriction of left ring fingerNeeds 7th char
- S60.446External constriction of right little fingerNeeds 7th char
- S60.447External constriction of left little fingerNeeds 7th char
- S60.448External constriction of other fingerNeeds 7th char
- S60.449External constriction of unspecified fingerNeeds 7th char