ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S90-S99 › S92 Fracture of foot and toe, except ankle › S92.3

S92.3

Fracture of metatarsal bone(s)

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 6 more specific codes instead:

  • S92.30 Fracture of unspecified metatarsal bone(s) (also a header)
  • S92.31 Fracture of first metatarsal bone (also a header)
  • S92.32 Fracture of second metatarsal bone (also a header)
  • S92.33 Fracture of third metatarsal bone (also a header)
  • S92.34 Fracture of fourth metatarsal bone (also a header)
  • S92.35 Fracture of fifth metatarsal bone (also a header)

This code requires a seventh character. See the rule below.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2012 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. FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Fracture of metatarsal bone(s)

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 S92 Fracture of foot and toe, except ankle

Seventh character required

  • The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S92

Excludes2 - not included here

  • fracture of ankle (S82.-)
  • fracture of malleolus (S82.-)
  • traumatic amputation of ankle and foot (S98.-)

Note

  • A fracture not indicated as displaced or nondisplaced should be coded to displaced
  • A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed

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)

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
S92.0 Fracture of calcaneus Not billable
S92.1 Fracture of talus Not billable
S92.2 Fracture of other and unspecified tarsal bone(s) Not billable
S92.4 Fracture of great toe Not billable
S92.5 Fracture of lesser toe(s) Not billable
S92.8 Other fracture of foot, except ankle Not billable
S92.9 Unspecified fracture of foot and toe Not billable