S61.0
S61.0: Open wound of thumb without damage to nail
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S61.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for open wound of thumb without damage to nail. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S61
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Excludes1: never code together
These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.
- open wound of thumb with damage to nail (S61.1-)
Other codes that can never be billed with S61.0
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- S60.37Other superficial bite of thumb
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead S61.0
6 child codes. Green means billable.
- S61.00Unspecified open wound of thumb without damage to nail
- S61.01Laceration without foreign body of thumb without damage to nail
- S61.02Laceration with foreign body of thumb without damage to nail
- S61.03Puncture wound without foreign body of thumb without damage to nail
- S61.04Puncture wound with foreign body of thumb without damage to nail
- S61.05Open bite of thumb without damage to nail