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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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2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S61.251A
2020 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S61.251A
Open bite of left index finger without damage to nail, initial encounter
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 Billable/Specific Code
- S61.251A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
- Short description: Open bite of left index finger w/o damage to nail, init
- The 2020 edition of ICD-10-CM S61.251A became effective on October 1, 2019.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of S61.251A - other international versions of ICD-10 S61.251A may differ.
The following code(s) above
S61.251A 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
S61.251A:
- S00-T88
2020 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
2020 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 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 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 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Applicable To- Bite of finger without damage to nail NOS
- Open animal bite of left index finger
- Open bite of left index finger
- Open cat bite of left index finger
- Open dog bite of left index finger
- Open human bite of left index finger
ICD-10-CM S61.251A is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v37.0):
- 604 Trauma to the skin, subcutaneous tissue and breast with mcc
- 605 Trauma to the skin, subcutaneous tissue and breast without mcc
- 955 Craniotomy for multiple significant trauma
- 956 Limb reattachment, hip and femur procedures for multiple significant trauma
- 957 Other o.r. Procedures for multiple significant trauma with mcc
- 958 Other o.r. Procedures for multiple significant trauma with cc
- 959 Other o.r. Procedures for multiple significant trauma without cc/mcc
- 963 Other multiple significant trauma with mcc
- 964 Other multiple significant trauma with cc
- 965 Other multiple significant trauma without cc/mcc
Convert S61.251A to ICD-9-CM
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
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To S61.251A
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
S61.251A
…… initial encounter
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.
