S61.22Laceration with foreign body of finger without damage to nail

S61.22 is the ICD-10-CM diagnosis code for laceration with foreign body of 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 10 subcodes must be used instead.

Within S61.2, choose S61.22 (Laceration with foreign body of finger without damage to nail) only when documentation doesn't support a more specific option: unspecified open wound of other finger without damage to nail (S61.20), laceration without foreign body of finger without damage to nail (S61.21), puncture wound without foreign body of finger without damage to nail (S61.23), puncture wound with foreign body of finger without damage to nail (S61.24) and open bite of finger without damage to nail (S61.25).

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.