ICD-10-CM Code S61.0
Open wound of thumb without damage to nail
NON-BILLABLE
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ICD-10 from 2011 - 2016
Non-Billable Code
Non-Billable means the code is not sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis. Use a child code to capture more detail.ICD Code S61.0 is a non-billable code. To code a diagnosis of this type, you must use one of the six child codes of S61.0 that describes the diagnosis 'open wound of thumb without damage to nail' in more detail.
- S61.0 Open wound of thumb without damage to nail NON-BILLABLE
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Coding Notes for S61.0 Info for medical coders on how to properly use this ICD-10 code
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Code Type-1 Excludes:
Type-1 Excludes
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here." - Open wound of thumb with damage to nail - instead, use code S61.1-
Related Concepts SNOMET-CT
- Degloving injury of finger (disorder)
- Open wound of finger with tendon injury (disorder)
- Open traumatic subluxation, distal interphalangeal joint (disorder)
- Open division finger ligament (disorder)
- Superficial laceration of thumb (disorder)
- Open division, finger, metacarpophalangeal joint, ulnar collateral ligament (disorder)
- Fishing hook in thumb (disorder)
- Cut of finger (disorder)
- Cut of thumb (disorder)
- Stab wound of finger (disorder)
- Needle stick injury of thumb (disorder)
- Pellet wound of finger (disorder)
- Metal nail wound of finger (disorder)
- Metal nail wound of thumb (disorder)
- Dog bite of finger (disorder)
Coding Advice SNOMET-CT
- Possible requirement for an external cause code
- Possible requirement for causative agent code
Parent Code: S61 - Open wound of wrist, hand and fingers