S61.009 is the authoritative medical code for Unspecified open wound of unspecified thumb without damage to nail. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for unspecified open wound of unspecified thumb without damage to nail (ICD-10-CM S61.009), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with current federal coding standards.
Billing Status: NO. This is a clinician non-billable / parent hierarchy grouping in the ICD-10-CM system.
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for S61.009 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.
Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.
Additional codes that may be required to fully describe the encounter.
No. S61.009 (Unspecified open wound of unspecified thumb without damage to nail) is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code. A more specific billable subcode must be selected based on clinical documentation.
Yes. The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S61.
Per official ICD-10-CM Excludes1 instructions, S61.009 must not be reported together with: open wound of thumb with damage to nail (S61.1-); open fracture of wrist, hand and finger (S62.- with 7th character B); traumatic amputation of wrist and hand (S68.-).
Per official ICD-10-CM Excludes2 instructions, S61.009 and the following are not considered part of each other and may both be reported when both conditions are present: burns and corrosions (T20-T32); frostbite (T33-T34); insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4).
Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to S61.009 in its code family, with their registry titles.
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.