kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Section

S61.33

Puncture wound without foreign body of finger with damage to nail

Hierarchy

  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • S60-S69 Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers (S60-S69)
      • S61 Open wound of wrist, hand and fingers
        • S61.3 Open wound of other finger with damage to nail
          • S61.33 Puncture wound without foreign body of finger with damage to nail
            • S61.330 Puncture wound without foreign body of right index finger with damage to nail
            • S61.331 Puncture wound without foreign body of left index finger with damage to nail
            • S61.332 Puncture wound without foreign body of right middle finger with damage to nail
            • S61.333 Puncture wound without foreign body of left middle finger with damage to nail
            • S61.334 Puncture wound without foreign body of right ring finger with damage to nail
            • S61.335 Puncture wound without foreign body of left ring finger with damage to nail
            • S61.336 Puncture wound without foreign body of right little finger with damage to nail
            • S61.337 Puncture wound without foreign body of left little finger with damage to nail
            • S61.338 Puncture wound without foreign body of other finger with damage to nail
            • S61.339 Puncture wound without foreign body of unspecified finger with damage to nail

Notes

S00-T88

  • 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
  • The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Code Also

S61

  • any associated wound infection

Use Additional

S00-T88

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
    • Z18 Retained foreign body fragments

Excludes 1

S61

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

S00-T88

  • P10-P15 Birth trauma (P10-P15)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Excludes 2

S60-S69

  • T20-T32 Burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
  • T33-T34 Frostbite (T33-T34)
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
    • T63.4 Toxic effect of venom of other arthropods