2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 915.8
Other and unspecified superficial injury of fingers without mention of infection
- Short description: Superfic inj finger-NEC.
- ICD-9-CM 915.8 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 915.8 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
- You are viewing the 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 915.8.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 915.8: 2013 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM:
915.8 converts approximately to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S60.939A Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified thumb, initial encounter
Or:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S60.949A Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified finger, initial encounter
Approximate Synonyms
- 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 left finger
- Superficial injury of left index finger
- Superficial injury of left little finger
- Superficial injury of left middle finger
- Superficial injury of left ring finger
- Superficial injury of left thumb
- Superficial injury of right finger
- Superficial injury of right index finger
- Superficial injury of right little finger
- Superficial injury of right middle finger
- Superficial injury of right ring finger
- Superficial injury of right thumb
- Superficial injury of thumb
- Superficial laceration of finger
- Superficial laceration of thumb
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to
915.8:
- Syndrome - see also Disease
hair tourniquet - see also Injury, superficial, by site
finger 
