Section
S61.1
Open wound of thumb with damage to nail
Hierarchy
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S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
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S60-S69 Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers (S60-S69)
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S61 Open wound of wrist, hand and fingers
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S61.1 Open wound of thumb with damage to nail
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S61.10 Unspecified open wound of thumb with damage to nail
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S61.11 Laceration without foreign body of thumb with damage to nail
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S61.12 Laceration with foreign body of thumb with damage to nail
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S61.13 Puncture wound without foreign body of thumb with damage to nail
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S61.14 Puncture wound with foreign body of thumb with damage to nail
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S61.15 Open bite of thumb with damage to nail
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Notes
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Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
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The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
Code Also
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any associated wound infection