S61.25

S61.25: Open bite of finger without damage to nail

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S61.25 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for open bite of 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

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

superficial bite of finger (S60.46-, S60.47-)

Inclusion terms

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

Bite of finger without damage to nail NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S61.25

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 S61.25

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-)

Other codes that can never be billed with S61.25

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

S60.47Other superficial bite of fingers

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 S61.25

10 child codes. Green means billable.