S61.31
Laceration without foreign body of finger with damage to nail
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 7 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.-
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Alongside this code 5 same parent — S61.3
S61.30 Unspecified open wound of finger with damage to nail category S61.32 Laceration with foreign body of finger with damage to nail category S61.33 Puncture wound w/o foreign body of finger w damage to nail category S61.34 Puncture wound w foreign body of finger with damage to nail category S61.35 Open bite of finger with damage to nail category
Subordinate codes 10
S61.310 Laceration w/o foreign body of r idx fngr w damage to nail S61.311 Laceration w/o foreign body of l idx fngr w damage to nail S61.312 Laceration w/o foreign body of r mid finger w damage to nail S61.313 Laceration w/o foreign body of l mid finger w damage to nail S61.314 Laceration w/o foreign body of r rng fngr w damage to nail S61.315 Laceration w/o foreign body of l rng fngr w damage to nail S61.316 Laceration w/o fb of r little finger w damage to nail S61.317 Laceration w/o fb of l little finger w damage to nail S61.318 Laceration w/o foreign body of oth finger w damage to nail S61.319 Laceration w/o foreign body of unsp finger w damage to nail
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