Right ring finger laceration ICD-10-CM S61.214A is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group (s) (MS-DRG v38.0): 604 Trauma to the skin, subcutaneous tissue and breast with mcc 605 Trauma to the skin, subcutaneous tissue and breast without mcc
2016 2017 2018 2019 Billable/Specific Code. S61.212A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. Short description: Laceration w/o fb of r mid finger w/o damage to nail, init. The 2018/2019 edition of ICD-10-CM S61.212A became effective on October 1, 2018.
S61.212S is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. Short description: Lac w/o fb of r mid finger w/o damage to nail, sequela
code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable ( Z18.-) traumatic amputation of wrist and hand ( S68.-) Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
S61.212SS61. 212S - Laceration without foreign body of right middle finger without damage to nail [sequela] | ICD-10-CM.
2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code S61. 210S: Laceration without foreign body of right index finger without damage to nail, sequela.
The types of open wounds classified in ICD-10-CM are laceration without foreign body, laceration with foreign body, puncture wound without foreign body, puncture wound with foreign body, open bite, and unspecified open wound. For instance, S81. 812A Laceration without foreign body, right lower leg, initial encounter.
ICD-9 Choices for finger laceration = 883.0, 883.1, 883.2.
ICD-10 Code for Laceration without foreign body of right middle finger without damage to nail, initial encounter- S61. 212A- Codify by AAPC. Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes. Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers.
S69.91XAS69. 91XA - Unspecified injury of right wrist, hand and finger(s) [initial encounter]. ICD-10-CM.
To code skin tears, begin in the alphabetic index under “INJURY, SUPERFICIAL,” and iden- tify the site of the injury. For example, if the patient has a skin tear because he or she has hit a leg on a wheelchair, look up Injury, Su- perficial, leg, which takes you to S80. 92-.
A skin tear is a specific type of laceration that most often affects older adults, in which friction alone or friction plus shear separates skin layers.
Burn Wound Burn wounds can be classified based on the extent of the injury: First-degree burns affect only the epidermis and may cause redness and pain. Second-degree burns affect the epidermis and the dermis and may cause blisters. Third-degree burns reach into the fatty layer under the skin and may destroy nerves.
ICD-10 Code for Unspecified multiple injuries- T07- Codify by AAPC.
ICD-10-CM is a seven-character, alphanumeric code. Each code begins with a letter, and that letter is followed by two numbers. The first three characters of ICD-10-CM are the “category.” The category describes the general type of the injury or disease. The category is followed by a decimal point and the subcategory.
Answer: If the fracture is repaired through the laceration then we code only the fracture repair – the laceration repair would not be separately reported.
Laceration without foreign body of right ring finger without damage to nail. S61.214 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. Short description: Laceration w/o foreign body of r rng fngr w/o damage to nail.
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. Type 1 Excludes.
For codes less than 6 characters that require a 7th character a placeholder 'X' should be assigned for all characters less than 6. The 7th character must always be the 7th position of a code. E.g. The ICD-10-CM code T67.4 (Heat exhaustion due to salt depletion) requires an Episode of Care identifier.
The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code S61.312. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.