S61.2 vs S61.3
S61.2 (Open wound of other finger without damage to nail) compared with S61.3 (Open wound of other finger with damage to nail), from the official CMS tabular data. Do not report these codes together: the official tabular list marks them Excludes1.
Can these codes be reported together?
No — do not report together. S61.2 carries an Excludes1 note covering S61.3: “open wound of finger involving nail (matrix) (S61.3-)”
Sole exception: when the two conditions are documented as unrelated to each other (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.A.12.a).
Side by side
| S61.2Open wound of other finger without damage to nail | S61.3Open wound of other finger with damage to nail | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing status | Non-billable header Report instead: S61.200A, S61.200D, S61.200S, S61.201A, S61.201D | Non-billable header Report instead: S61.300A, S61.300D, S61.300S, S61.301A, S61.301D |
| Classification | S00-T88 — Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88) | S00-T88 — Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88) |
| Definition | Open wound of other finger without damage to nail is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (S61.2). | Open wound of other finger with damage to nail is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (S61.3). |
| 7th character | The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S61 | The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S61 |
Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources