Is S61.35 a billable ICD-10-CM code?

No. S61.35 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.

Where does S61.35 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).

What cannot be coded together with S61.35?

S61.35 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above S61.35 (S61) and apply to it just the same.

S61.35

S61.35 — Open bite of finger with damage to nail

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

S61.35 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for open bite of 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

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 with damage to nail NOS

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above S61.35

These are not written on S61.35, but they bind it: a note on a category applies to every code beneath it. Billing S61.35 with anything listed here is a denial.

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.-)

Other codes that can never be billed with S61.35

These codes carry an Excludes1 note pointing at S61.35. The conflict binds both ways, but ICD-10-CM only writes it down on one side — so you would not find this by reading S61.35 alone.

S60.47Other superficial bite of fingers

Risk adjustment

S61.35 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.

Code history

S61.35 has not changed since FY2024 — no addition, revision or deletion across the three most recent ICD-10-CM releases.

Code to one of these instead S61.35

10 child codes. Green means billable.

Related codes at this level

Codes that share S61.3. If S61.35 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.

Questions about S61.35

Is S61.35 a billable ICD-10-CM code?: No. S61.35 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
Where does S61.35 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).
What cannot be coded together with S61.35?: S61.35 carries Excludes1 notes, which means the conditions they list can never be coded together with it on the same encounter. Some are written on the categories above S61.35 (S61) and apply to it just the same.