ICD-10 Diagnosis Code S60.569A

• 914.4 - Insect bite hand (Approximate Flag)

• Animal bite of dorsum of hand
• Animal bite of dorsum of hand
• Animal bite of palm of hand
• Animal bite of palm of hand
• Infected insect bite of dorsum of hand
• Infected insect bite of hand
• Infected insect bite of palm of hand
• Insect bite of dorsum of hand
• Insect bite of hand
• Insect bite of palm of hand
• Insect bite to hand - nonvenomous
• Nonvenomous insect bite of hand with infection
• Nonvenomous insect bite of hand without infection
• Superficial injury of dorsum of hand
• Superficial injury of hand without infection
• Superficial injury of palm of hand

Also called: Bug bites

Most insect bites are harmless, though they sometimes cause discomfort. Bee, wasp, and hornet stings and fire ant bites usually hurt. Mosquito and flea bites usually itch. Insects can also spread diseases. In the United States, some mosquitoes spread West Nile virus. Travelers outside the United States may be at risk for malaria and other infections.

To prevent insect bites and their complications

• Don't bother insects
• Use insect repellant
• Wear protective clothing
• Be careful when you eat outside because food attracts insects
• If you know you have severe allergic reactions to insect bites and stings (such as anaphylaxis), carry an emergency epinephrine kit

• Anaphylaxis (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Bee poison (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Fire ants (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Fleas (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Insect bites and stings (Medical Encyclopedia)
• Wasp sting (Medical Encyclopedia)

General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.

• Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
• No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
• Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.

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