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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 S61.251
2021 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S61.251
Open bite of left index finger without damage to nail
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- S61.251 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 S61.251 became effective on October 1, 2020.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S61.251 - other international versions of ICD-10 S61.251 may differ.
The following code(s) above
S61.251 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
S61.251:
- 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.-)
- S60-S69
2021 ICD-10-CM Range S60-S69
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.-)
- S61.2
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S61.2
Open wound of other finger without damage to nail
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- open wound of finger involving nail (matrix) (S61.3-)
Type 2 Excludes- open wound of thumb without damage to nail (S61.0-)
- S61.25
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S61.25
Open bite of finger without damage to nail
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- Bite of finger without damage to nail NOS
- 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
- Bite(s) (animal) (human)
- finger(s) S61.259
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S61.259
Open bite of unspecified finger without damage to nail
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- index S61.258
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S61.258
Open bite of other finger without damage to nail
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- Open bite of specified finger with unspecified laterality without damage to nail
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S61.251
S61.249 Puncture wound with foreign body of unspecified finger without damage to nail
S61.25 Open bite of finger without damage to nail
S61.250 Open bite of right index finger without damage to nail
S61.251
Open bite of left index finger without damage to nail
S61.252 Open bite of right middle finger without damage to nail
S61.253 Open bite of left middle finger 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.
