Kodex

Section

S61.55

Open bite of wrist

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
    - S61.5 Open wound of wrist
      - S61.55 Open bite of wrist
        
        S61.551 Open bite of right wrist
        
        S61.552 Open bite of left wrist
        
        S61.559 Open bite of unspecified wrist

Notes

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.

Inclusion Terms

S61.55

Bite of wrist NOS

Code Also

any associated wound infection

Use Additional

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

Excludes 1

S61.55

superficial bite of wrist (S60.86-, S60.87-)
- S60.86 Insect bite (nonvenomous) of wrist
- S60.87 Other superficial bite of wrist

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

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

Excludes 2

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