Fused toes

Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.

A category header for its whole life, FY2016 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 4 more specific codes instead:

Q70.20 Fused toes, unspecified foot
Q70.21 Fused toes, right foot
Q70.22 Fused toes, left foot
Q70.23 Fused toes, bilateral

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.

FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Fused toes
FY2011 Removed from the draft draft
FY2012 Returned to the draft draft

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Fused
Polysyndactyly
Union, abnormal
Dactylosymphysis > toes
Segmentation, incomplete
Syndrome > cardiorenal Note:
Failure, failed > segmentation
Syndrome > cardiovascular renal Note:
Fusion, fused > toes
Syndactylism, syndactyly > complex > toes

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
Q70.0	Fused fingers	Not billable
Q70.1	Webbed fingers	Not billable
Q70.3	Webbed toes	Not billable
Q70.4	Polysyndactyly, unspecified	Valid
Q70.9	Syndactyly, unspecified	Valid