ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S60-S69 › S61.00 Unspecified open wound of thumb... › S61.002

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

• S61.002A Unspecified open wound of left thumb without damage to nail, initial encounter
• S61.002D Unspecified open wound of left thumb without damage to nail, subsequent encounter
• S61.002S Unspecified open wound of left thumb without damage to nail, sequela

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from S61 Open wound of wrist, hand and fingers

Seventh character required

• The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S61

Excludes1 - never coded here

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

Code also

• any associated wound infection

Inherited from the S60-S69 section Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers (S60-S69)

Excludes2 - not included here

• burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
• frostbite (T33-T34)
• insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

• Wound, open > palm
• Injury > hand > open
• Injury > thumb > open
• Wound, open > hand > thumb
• Wound, open > thumb > left

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S61.001	Unspecified open wound of right thumb without damage to nail	Not billable
S61.009	Unspecified open wound of unspecified thumb without damage to nail	Not billable