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Q70.3

Webbed 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:

  • Q70.30 Webbed toes, unspecified foot
  • Q70.31 Webbed toes, right foot
  • Q70.32 Webbed toes, left foot
  • Q70.33 Webbed 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.

  1. FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Webbed toes
  2. FY2011 Removed from the draft draft
  3. 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.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
Q70.0 Fused fingers Not billable
Q70.1 Webbed fingers Not billable
Q70.2 Fused toes Not billable
Q70.4 Polysyndactyly, unspecified Valid
Q70.9 Syndactyly, unspecified Valid