S61.338
S61.338: Puncture wound without foreign body of other finger with damage to nail
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S61.338 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for puncture wound without foreign body of other finger with 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 with damage to nail
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Puncture›finger›index›with›damage to nail
- Puncture›finger›little›with›damage to nail
- Puncture›finger›middle›with›damage to nail
- Puncture›finger›ring›with›damage to nail
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead S61.338
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Other codes under S61.33
- S61.330Puncture wound without foreign body of right index finger with damage to nail
- S61.331Puncture wound without foreign body of left index finger with damage to nail
- S61.332Puncture wound without foreign body of right middle finger with damage to nail
- S61.333Puncture wound without foreign body of left middle finger with damage to nail
- S61.334Puncture wound without foreign body of right ring finger with damage to nail
- S61.335Puncture wound without foreign body of left ring finger with damage to nail
- S61.336Puncture wound without foreign body of right little finger with damage to nail
- S61.337Puncture wound without foreign body of left little finger with damage to nail
- S61.339Puncture wound without foreign body of unspecified finger with damage to nail