S61.021A
Billable

Laceration with foreign body of right thumb without damage to nail (initial encounter)

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Billable Code

S61.021A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Referenced in Diagnoses

Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation

thumb laceration

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Laceration of thumb

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Parent Codes Referenced:

S00-T88(Chapter 19)S61(Open wound of wrist, hand and fingers)S61.0(Open wound of thumb without damage to nail)S61.02(Laceration with foreign body of thumb without damage to nail)S61.021(Laceration with foreign body of right thumb without damage to nail)

Excludes1

5 items

From S00-T88:

•
birth trauma (P10-P15)
•
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

From S61:

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

From S61.0:

•
open wound of thumb with damage to nail (S61.1-)

Use Additional Code

1 item

From S00-T88:

•
code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

7th Character Notes

4 items

From S61:

•
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S61
•
A: initial encounter
•
D: subsequent encounter
•
S: sequela

S61.021A
Billable

Laceration with foreign body of right thumb without damage to nail (initial encounter)

Billable Code

Referenced in Diagnoses

Additional Information from Parent Codes

Parent Codes Referenced:

Excludes1

From S00-T88:

From S61:

From S61.0:

Use Additional Code

From S00-T88:

7th Character Notes

From S61:

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S61.021ABillable

Laceration with foreign body of right thumb without damage to nail (initial encounter)

Billable Code

Referenced in Diagnoses

Additional Information from Parent Codes

Parent Codes Referenced:

Excludes1

From S00-T88:

From S61:

From S61.0:

Use Additional Code

From S00-T88:

7th Character Notes

From S61:

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S61.021A
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