S61.2
Header — not billableOpen wound of other finger without damage to nail
The ICD-10 code for open wound of other finger without damage to nail is S61.2.
S61.2 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 6 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- open wound of finger involving nail (matrix) (S61.3-)
Excludes2 (not included here)
An Excludes2 note means the excluded condition is not part of this one, but a patient can have both at the same time — in that case both codes may be reported together.
- open wound of thumb without damage to nail (S61.0-)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under S61.2
- S61.20Unspecified open wound of other finger without damage to nailnon-billable header
- S61.21Laceration without foreign body of finger without damage to nailnon-billable header
- S61.22Laceration with foreign body of finger without damage to nailnon-billable header
- S61.23Puncture wound without foreign body of finger without damage to nailnon-billable header
- S61.24Puncture wound with foreign body of finger without damage to nailnon-billable header
- S61.25Open bite of finger without damage to nailnon-billable header
Related codes in this category
- S61.0Open wound of thumb without damage to nailnon-billable header
- S61.1Open wound of thumb with damage to nailnon-billable header
- S61.3Open wound of other finger with damage to nailnon-billable header
- S61.4Open wound of handnon-billable header
- S61.5Open wound of wristnon-billable header
- S61.2Open wound of other finger without damage to nailnon-billable header