ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S90-S99 › S92.8 Other fracture of foot, except ankle › S92.81

S92.81

Other fracture of 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.

A category header for its whole life, FY2017 onwards. It has never been valid for submission on its own.

Submit one of these 3 more specific codes instead:

  • S92.811 Other fracture of right foot (also a header)
  • S92.812 Other fracture of left foot (also a header)
  • S92.819 Other fracture of unspecified foot (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 2017 to now.

  1. FY2017 Added to the code set Other fracture of 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 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)

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.