ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S90-S99 › S91.22 Laceration with foreign body of... › S91.229
Laceration with foreign body of unspecified toe(s) with damage to nail
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:
- S91.229A Laceration with foreign body of unspecified toe(s) with damage to nail, initial encounter
- S91.229D Laceration with foreign body of unspecified toe(s) with damage to nail, subsequent encounter
- S91.229S Laceration with foreign body of unspecified toe(s) with damage to nail, 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 Laceration with foreign body of unspecified toe(s) with damage to nail
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 S91 Open wound of ankle, foot and toes
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S91
Excludes1 - never coded here
- open fracture of ankle, foot and toes (S92.-with 7th character B)
- traumatic amputation of ankle and foot (S98.-)
Code also
- any associated wound infection
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.
- Laceration > heel
- Injury > toe > open
- Laceration > instep
- Laceration > foot > toe
- Laceration > leg > foot
- Laceration > nail > toe
- Wound, open > leg > toe
- Wound, open > foot > toe
- Wound, open > nail > toe
- Laceration > digit > foot
- Wound, open > digit > foot
- Laceration > phalanges > toe
- Laceration > subungual > toe
- Wound, open > phalanges > toe
- Wound, open > subungual > toe
- Wound, open > toe > laceration
- Wound, open > foot > laceration
- Laceration > toe > with > damage to nail > with > foreign body
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S91.221 | Laceration with foreign body of right great toe with damage to nail | Not billable |
| S91.222 | Laceration with foreign body of left great toe with damage to nail | Not billable |
| S91.223 | Laceration with foreign body of unspecified great toe with damage to nail | Not billable |
| S91.224 | Laceration with foreign body of right lesser toe(s) with damage to nail | Not billable |
| S91.225 | Laceration with foreign body of left lesser toe(s) with damage to nail | Not billable |
| S91.226 | Laceration with foreign body of unspecified lesser toe(s) with damage to nail | Not billable |