S61.310D

Laceration without foreign body of right index finger with damage to nail, subsequent encounter

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30

Exclusions 7 never code together

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

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

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 this code

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 filed at S61.310

The index files this at S61.310. The tabular extends it — laterality, staging, or the 7th character — so these entries lead to the family rather than to S61.310D exactly.

Laceration
- finger (s) S61.219
  - index S61.218
    - right S61.210
      - with
        
        damage to nail S61.310

Alongside this code 2 same parent — S61.310

S61.310A Laceration w/o fb of r idx fngr w damage to nail, init S61.310S Laceration w/o fb of r idx fngr w damage to nail, sequela

Additional references

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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.

Risk adjustment

Maps to no condition category in any loaded model.

Presence is a property of the code. Untick a model to hide it everywhere.

This code

Billable: yes
Code set: FY2026
Parent: S61.310
Block: S60-S69
Siblings: 2

Present FY2024–FY2027.