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S61.55

Open bite of wrist

Non-billableCategory

Code Hierarchy

S61S61.5S61.55

Chapter: 19. Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes

Section: S60-S69 - Injuries to the wrist, hand and fingers

Coding Guidelines

Inclusion Terms

  • Bite of wrist NOS

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with S61.55

  • superficial bite of wrist (S60.86-, S60.87-)

Specific Codes (3)

S61.551Category

Open bite of right wrist

S61.552Category

Open bite of left wrist

S61.559Category

Open bite of unspecified wrist

Related Codes

S61.50Category

Unspecified open wound of wrist

S61.51Category

Laceration without foreign body of wrist

S61.52Category

Laceration with foreign body of wrist

S61.53Category

Puncture wound without foreign body of wrist

S61.54Category

Puncture wound with foreign body of wrist

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