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ICD-10-CM Codes
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S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
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S60-S69
Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers
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S61-
Open wound of wrist, hand and fingers
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2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S61.05
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S61.05
Open bite of thumb without damage to nail
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- S61.05 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM S61.05 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S61.05 - other international versions of ICD-10 S61.05 may differ.
Type 1 ExcludesType 1 Excludes Help
A type 1 excludes note is a pure excludes. It means "not coded here". A type 1 excludes note indicates that the code excluded should never be used at the same time as S61.05. A type 1 excludes note is for used for when two conditions cannot occur together, such as a congenital form versus an acquired form of the same condition.
The following code(s) above
S61.05 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
S61.05:
- S00-T88
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S00-T88
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causesNote- 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
Use Additional- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes - S60-S69
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S60-S69
Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers
Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers - S61
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S61
Open wound of wrist, hand and fingers
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Code Also- any associated wound infection
Type 1 Excludes- open fracture of wrist, hand and finger (S62.- with 7th character B)
- traumatic amputation of wrist and hand (S68.-)
Open wound of wrist, hand and fingers - S61.0
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S61.0
Open wound of thumb without damage to nail
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- open wound of thumb with damage to nail (S61.1-)
Open wound of thumb without damage to nail
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): No change
Code annotations containing back-references to S61.05:
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S61.05
S61.042 Puncture wound with foreign body of left thumb without damage to nail
S61.049 Puncture wound with foreign body of unspecified thumb without damage to nail
S61.05
Open bite of thumb without damage to nail
S61.051 Open bite of right thumb without damage to nail
S61.052 Open bite of left thumb without damage to nail
S61.059 Open bite of unspecified thumb without damage to nail
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.