S61.249 — Puncture wound with foreign body of unspecified finger without damage to nail
S61.249 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for puncture wound with foreign body of unspecified 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
Risk adjustment
S61.249 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How S61.249 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to S61.249.
- Puncture›finger›with›foreign body
Code to one of these instead S61.249
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- S61.249APuncture wound with foreign body of unspecified finger without damage to nail, initial encounter
- S61.249DPuncture wound with foreign body of unspecified finger without damage to nail, subsequent encounter
- S61.249SPuncture wound with foreign body of unspecified finger without damage to nail, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S61.24. If S61.249 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S61.240Puncture wound with foreign body of right index finger without damage to nail
- S61.241Puncture wound with foreign body of left index finger without damage to nail
- S61.242Puncture wound with foreign body of right middle finger without damage to nail
- S61.243Puncture wound with foreign body of left middle finger without damage to nail
- S61.244Puncture wound with foreign body of right ring finger without damage to nail
- S61.245Puncture wound with foreign body of left ring finger without damage to nail
- S61.246Puncture wound with foreign body of right little finger without damage to nail
- S61.247Puncture wound with foreign body of left little finger without damage to nail
- S61.248Puncture wound with foreign body of other finger without damage to nail
Questions about S61.249
- Is S61.249 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S61.249 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S61.249 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers (S60-S69).