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S61.21

Laceration without foreign body of finger without damage to nail

Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 9 never code together
S61.2code
Excludes1
  • open wound of finger involving nail (matrix) (S61.3-)S61.3-
Excludes2
  • open wound of thumb without damage to nail (S61.0-)S61.0-
S61code
Excludes1
  • open fracture of wrist, hand and finger (S62.- with 7th character B)S62.-
  • traumatic amputation of wrist and hand (S68.-)S68.-
S60-S69block
Excludes2
  • burns and corrosions (T20-T32)T20-T32
  • frostbite (T33-T34)T33-T34
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)T63.4
S00-T88chapter
Excludes2

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

7th character 3
A initial encounter
D subsequent encounter
S sequela
Instructional notes 4
S61code
Code also
  • any associated wound infection
S00-T88chapter
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.
Use additional code
  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)Z18.-
Index entries leading here filed at null

No alphabetic index entry points at this code.

Alongside this code 5 same parent — S61.2
S61.20 Unsp open wound of other finger without damage to nail category S61.22 Laceration with foreign body of finger w/o damage to nail category S61.23 Puncture wound w/o foreign body of finger w/o damage to nail category S61.24 Puncture wound w foreign body of finger w/o damage to nail category S61.25 Open bite of finger without damage to nail category
Subordinate codes 10
S61.210 Laceration w/o foreign body of r idx fngr w/o damage to nail S61.211 Laceration w/o foreign body of l idx fngr w/o damage to nail S61.212 Laceration w/o fb of r mid finger w/o damage to nail S61.213 Laceration w/o fb of l mid finger w/o damage to nail S61.214 Laceration w/o foreign body of r rng fngr w/o damage to nail S61.215 Laceration w/o foreign body of l rng fngr w/o damage to nail S61.216 Laceration w/o fb of r little finger w/o damage to nail S61.217 Laceration w/o fb of l little finger w/o damage to nail S61.218 Laceration w/o foreign body of oth finger w/o damage to nail S61.219 Laceration w/o fb of unsp finger w/o damage to nail
Additional references
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Risk adjustment

Maps to no condition category in any loaded model.

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This code

Billable
no
Code set
FY2026
Parent
S61.2
Block
S60-S69
Siblings
5
Subordinate
10

Present FY2024–FY2027.