ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S90-S99 › S90.85 Superficial foreign body of foot › S90.852
Superficial foreign body, left foot
Not billableICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
This code exists but cannot be submitted on its own. It groups the more specific codes beneath it.
Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:
- S90.852A Superficial foreign body, left foot, initial encounter
- S90.852D Superficial foreign body, left foot, subsequent encounter
- S90.852S Superficial foreign body, left foot, sequela
This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2014 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.
- FY2014 Added to the draft code set draft Superficial foreign body, left foot
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 > foot > superficial
- Reaction > foreign > body NEC
- Foreign body > lacrimal punctum
- Injury > superficial NEC > heel
- 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 > foot > foreign body
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > eyeball
- Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > heel
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > lacrimal apparatus
- Foreign body > entering through orifice > tear ducts or glands
- Foreign body > superficial, without open wound > foot
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S90.851 | Superficial foreign body, right foot | Not billable |
| S90.859 | Superficial foreign body, unspecified foot | Not billable |