Superficial foreign body, right great toe, sequela

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2016 onwards.

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 Superficial foreign body, right great toe, sequela

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from S90 Superficial injury of ankle, foot and toes

Seventh character required

The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S90

Inherited from the S90-S99 section Injuries to the ankle and foot (S90-S99)

Excludes2 - not included here

burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
fracture of ankle and malleolus (S82.-)
frostbite (T33-T34)
insect bite or sting, venomous (T63.4)

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.

Emesis
Retching
Splinter
Granuloma > talc
Regurgitation > food
Foreign body > granuloma
Injury > toe > superficial
Reaction > foreign > body NEC
Foreign body > lacrimal punctum
Aspiration > syndrome of newborn
Regurgitation > gastric contents
Myositis > foreign body granuloma
Pneumonia > neonatal > aspiration
Syndrome > aspiration, of newborn
Asphyxia, asphyxiation > inhalation
Injury > superficial NEC > foreign body
Injury > superficial NEC > nail NEC > toe
Injury > superficial NEC > phalanges > toe
Injury > superficial NEC > subungual > toe
Injury > superficial NEC > toe > foreign body
Injury > superficial NEC > foot > foreign body
Foreign body > entering through orifice > eyeball
Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > heel
Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > foot > toe
Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > nail > toe
Foreign body > entering through orifice > lacrimal apparatus
Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > digit > foot
Foreign body > entering through orifice > tear ducts or glands
Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > phalanges > toe
Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > subungual > toe
Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > toe > great

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S90.451A	Superficial foreign body, right great toe, initial encounter	Valid
S90.451D	Superficial foreign body, right great toe, subsequent encounter	Valid