S61.213A is a billable diagnosis code used to specify a medical diagnosis of laceration without foreign body of left middle finger without damage to nail, initial encounter. The code S61.213A is valid during the fiscal year 2021 from October 01, 2020 through September 30, 2021 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.#N#The ICD-10-CM code S61.213A might also be used to specify conditions or terms like laceration of finger of left hand or laceration of left middle finger.#N#S61.213A is an initial encounter code, includes a 7th character and should be used while the patient is receiving active treatment for a condition like laceration without foreign body of left middle finger without damage to nail. According to ICD-10-CM Guidelines an "initial encounter" doesn't necessarily means "initial visit". The 7th character should be used when the patient is undergoing active treatment regardless if new or different providers saw the patient over the course of a treatment. The appropriate 7th character codes should also be used even if the patient delayed seeking treatment for a condition.
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The General Equivalency Mapping (GEM) crosswalk indicates an approximate mapping between the ICD-10 code S61.213A its ICD-9 equivalent. The approximate mapping means there is not an exact match between the ICD-10 code and the ICD-9 code and the mapped code is not a precise representation of the original code.