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S61.233

Puncture wound without foreign body of left middle finger without damage to nail

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

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:

  • S61.233A Puncture wound without foreign body of left middle finger without damage to nail, initial encounter
  • S61.233D Puncture wound without foreign body of left middle finger without damage to nail, subsequent encounter
  • S61.233S Puncture wound without foreign body of left middle finger without damage to nail, sequela

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

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2014 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

  1. FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Puncture wound without foreign body of left middle finger without damage to nail

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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
S61.230 Puncture wound without foreign body of right index finger without damage to nail Not billable
S61.231 Puncture wound without foreign body of left index finger without damage to nail Not billable
S61.232 Puncture wound without foreign body of right middle finger without damage to nail Not billable
S61.234 Puncture wound without foreign body of right ring finger without damage to nail Not billable
S61.235 Puncture wound without foreign body of left ring finger without damage to nail Not billable
S61.236 Puncture wound without foreign body of right little finger without damage to nail Not billable
S61.237 Puncture wound without foreign body of left little finger without damage to nail Not billable
S61.238 Puncture wound without foreign body of other finger without damage to nail Not billable
S61.239 Puncture wound without foreign body of unspecified finger without damage to nail Not billable