Specific code 2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 915.8
Other and unspecified superficial injury of fingers without mention of infection
  • 2015
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • 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).
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
ICD-9-CM codes are used in medical billing and coding to describe diseases, injuries, symptoms and conditions. ICD-9-CM 915.8 is one of thousands of ICD-9-CM codes used in healthcare. Although ICD-9-CM and CPT codes are largely numeric, they differ in that CPT codes describe medical procedures and services. Can't find a code? Start at the root of ICD-9-CM, check the 2015 ICD-9-CM Index or use the search engine at the top of this page to lookup any code.