kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Section

S90

Superficial injury of ankle, foot and toes

Hierarchy

  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • S90-S99 Injuries to the ankle and foot (S90-S99)
      • S90 Superficial injury of ankle, foot and toes
        • S90.0 Contusion of ankle
        • S90.1 Contusion of toe without damage to nail
        • S90.2 Contusion of toe with damage to nail
        • S90.3 Contusion of foot
        • S90.4 Other superficial injuries of toe
        • S90.5 Other superficial injuries of ankle
        • S90.8 Other superficial injuries of foot
        • S90.9 Unspecified superficial injury of ankle, foot and toe

Notes

S00-T88

  • 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
  • The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Use Additional

S00-T88

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
    • Z18 Retained foreign body fragments

Excludes 1

S00-T88

  • P10-P15 Birth trauma (P10-P15)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Excludes 2

S90-S99

  • T20-T32 Burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
  • fracture of ankle and malleolus (S82.-)
    • S82 Fracture of lower leg, including ankle
  • T33-T34 Frostbite (T33-T34)
  • insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)
    • T63.4 Toxic effect of venom of other arthropods