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S61Open wound of wrist, hand and fingers

ICD-10-CM category (non-billable header) code — part of Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers (S60-S69)

Code Details

Billable	No — use a more specific child code
Chapter	Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
Section	Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers (S60-S69)

Valid 7th Characters

A	initial encounter
D	subsequent encounter
S	sequela

Coding Notes

Excludes1 (never code both together)

open fracture of wrist, hand and finger (S62.- with 7th character B)
traumatic amputation of wrist and hand (S68.-)

Code Also

any associated wound infection

7th Character Note

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S61

Subcategories (6)

S61.0 Open wound of thumb without damage to nail
S61.1 Open wound of thumb with damage to nail
S61.2 Open wound of other finger without damage to nail
S61.3 Open wound of other finger with damage to nail
S61.4 Open wound of hand
S61.5 Open wound of wrist

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