S61.0
Header — not billableOpen wound of thumb without damage to nail
The ICD-10 code for open wound of thumb without damage to nail is S61.0.
S61.0 is a non-billable header code. It groups related conditions but cannot be used on its own for reimbursement — select one of the 6 more specific codes below.
Clinical notes
Excludes1 (not coded here)
An Excludes1 note is a pure exclusion: the excluded condition and this code should never be reported together, because the two conditions cannot occur at the same time (e.g. a congenital form vs. an acquired form of the same disease).
- open wound of thumb with damage to nail (S61.1-)
Documentation support
General coding-documentation guidance — not a substitute for payer-specific requirements or professional coding judgment.
- •This is a non-billable header code. Documentation must support a more specific child code before this diagnosis can be reported on a claim.
- •Confirm the excluded condition(s) listed above are not also present — Excludes1 conditions cannot be coded together with this one.
- •As a general rule, code to the highest level of specificity supported by the documentation in the medical record.
Child codes under S61.0
- S61.00Unspecified open wound of thumb without damage to nailnon-billable header
- S61.01Laceration without foreign body of thumb without damage to nailnon-billable header
- S61.02Laceration with foreign body of thumb without damage to nailnon-billable header
- S61.03Puncture wound without foreign body of thumb without damage to nailnon-billable header
- S61.04Puncture wound with foreign body of thumb without damage to nailnon-billable header
- S61.05Open bite of thumb without damage to nailnon-billable header
Related codes in this category
- S61.1Open wound of thumb with damage to nailnon-billable header
- S61.2Open wound of other finger without damage to nailnon-billable header
- S61.3Open wound of other finger with damage to nailnon-billable header
- S61.4Open wound of handnon-billable header
- S61.5Open wound of wristnon-billable header
- S61.0Open wound of thumb without damage to nailnon-billable header