S61.317A vs S61.317D
S61.317A (Laceration without foreign body of left little finger with damage to nail, initial encounter) compared with S61.317D (Laceration without foreign body of left little finger with damage to nail, subsequent encounter), from the official CMS tabular data. S61.317A and S61.317D code the same injury at a different phase of treatment.
Can these codes be reported together?
Same injury, other encounter phase. S61.317A and S61.317D code the same injury at a different phase of treatment, set by the 7th character.
The 7th character records the type of care given at the encounter being coded (ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines, Section I.C.19.a), so one encounter takes one of these, not both.
Side by side
| S61.317ALaceration without foreign body of left little finger with damage to nail, initial encounter | S61.317DLaceration without foreign body of left little finger with damage to nail, subsequent encounter | |
|---|---|---|
| Billing status | Billable | Billable |
| 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 | Laceration without foreign body of left little finger with damage to nail, initial encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (S61.317A). | Laceration without foreign body of left little finger with damage to nail, subsequent encounter is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (S61.317D). |
| 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