S61.205Unspecified open wound of left ring finger without damage to nail

S61.205 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for unspecified open wound of left ring finger without damage to nail. It belongs to category S61 (open wound of wrist, hand and fingers), block S60-S69 (injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers) and chapter 19 (injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes). It is a header code, so it can't be reported by itself; one of its 3 subcodes must be used instead.

Within S61.20, choose S61.205 (left ring finger without damage to nail) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: right index finger without damage to nail (S61.200), left index finger without damage to nail (S61.201), right middle finger without damage to nail (S61.202), left middle finger without damage to nail (S61.203), right ring finger without damage to nail (S61.204), right little finger without damage to nail (S61.206), left little finger without damage to nail (S61.207), other finger without damage to nail (S61.208) and 1 more.

Codes in this range require a 7th character: A for initial encounter, D for subsequent encounter and S for sequela. Use placeholder "X" characters to fill any empty positions before the 7th character.

It has been part of ICD-10-CM since the code set took effect on October 1, 2015 and hasn't changed since.