ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S61.218

Laceration without foreign body of specified finger with unspecified laterality without damage to nail

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S61

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

any associated wound infection

birth trauma (P10-P15)

obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

open fracture of wrist, hand and finger (S62.- with 7th character B)

traumatic amputation of wrist and hand (S68.-)

open wound of finger involving nail (matrix) (S61.3-)

open wound of thumb without damage to nail (S61.0-)

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

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.