S61.243
Puncture wound with foreign body of left middle finger without damage to nail
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 9 never code together
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 1
Alongside this code 9 same parent — S61.24
S61.240 Pnctr w foreign body of r idx fngr w/o damage to nail category S61.241 Pnctr w foreign body of l idx fngr w/o damage to nail category S61.242 Pnctr w foreign body of r mid finger w/o damage to nail category S61.244 Pnctr w foreign body of r rng fngr w/o damage to nail category S61.245 Pnctr w foreign body of l rng fngr w/o damage to nail category S61.246 Pnctr w foreign body of r little finger w/o damage to nail category S61.247 Pnctr w foreign body of l little finger w/o damage to nail category S61.248 Puncture wound w foreign body of finger w/o damage to nail category S61.249 Pnctr w foreign body of unsp finger w/o damage to nail category
Subordinate codes 3
Additional references
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