S61.40

Non-billable

Unspecified open wound of hand

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Additional Information

From parent codes: S00-T88 (Chapter 19)

Excludes 1 — Not Coded HereFrom S00-T88

Excludes1 means 'NOT CODED HERE!' An Excludes1 note indicates mutually exclusive codes: two conditions that cannot be reported together.

birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Use Additional CodeFrom S00-T88

The 'use additional code' note instructs that a secondary code should be added to provide more detail.

code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)

More Specific Codes (9)

S61.4Open wound of handCategory→S61.41Laceration without foreign body of handCategory→S61.42Laceration with foreign body of handCategory→S61.43Puncture wound without foreign body of handCategory→S61.44Puncture wound with foreign body of handCategory→S61.45Open bite of handCategory→S61.401Unspecified open wound of right handCategory→S61.402Unspecified open wound of left handCategory→S61.409Unspecified open wound of unspecified handCategory→

Chapter Information

Chapter 19: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Range: S00-T88

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Related ICD-10 Codes

More specific codes for S61.40

Open wound of hand

Laceration without foreign body of hand

Laceration with foreign body of hand

Puncture wound without foreign body of hand

Puncture wound with foreign body of hand

Open bite of hand

Unspecified open wound of right hand

Unspecified open wound of left hand

Unspecified open wound of unspecified hand