S61.238

S61.238: Puncture wound without foreign body of other finger without damage to nail

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S61.238 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for puncture wound without foreign body of other finger 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

Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Puncture wound without foreign body of specified finger with unspecified laterality without damage to nail

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S61.238

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on S61.2: Open wound of other finger without damage to nail

open wound of finger involving nail (matrix) (S61.3-)

Written on S61: Open wound of wrist, hand and fingers

open fracture of wrist, hand and finger (S62.- with 7th character B)
traumatic amputation of wrist and hand (S68.-)

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above S61.238

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on S61.2: Open wound of other finger without damage to nail

open wound of thumb without damage to nail (S61.0-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Puncture›finger›index
Puncture›finger›little
Puncture›finger›middle
Puncture›finger›ring

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead S61.238

3 child codes. Green means billable.