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S61.551D

Open bite of right wrist, 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

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
  • Bite (s) (animal) (human)
Alongside this code 2 same parent — S61.551
S61.551A Open bite of right wrist, initial encounter S61.551S Open bite of right wrist, sequela
Additional references
AHA Coding Clinic® Licence required

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
S61.551
Block
S60-S69
Siblings
2

Present FY2024–FY2027.