ICD-10-CM › S00-T88 › S90-S99 › S93.5 Sprain of toe › S93.52
Sprain of metatarsophalangeal joint of toe
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 7 more specific codes instead:
- S93.521 Sprain of metatarsophalangeal joint of right great toe (also a header)
- S93.522 Sprain of metatarsophalangeal joint of left great toe (also a header)
- S93.523 Sprain of metatarsophalangeal joint of unspecified great toe (also a header)
- S93.524 Sprain of metatarsophalangeal joint of right lesser toe(s) (also a header)
- S93.525 Sprain of metatarsophalangeal joint of left lesser toe(s) (also a header)
- S93.526 Sprain of metatarsophalangeal joint of unspecified lesser toe(s) (also a header)
- S93.529 Sprain of metatarsophalangeal joint of unspecified toe(s) (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.
- FY2012 Added to the draft code set draft Sprain of metatarsophalangeal joint of toe
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 S93 Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments at ankle, foot and toe level
Seventh character required
- The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S93
Excludes2 - not included here
- strain of muscle and tendon of ankle and foot (S96.-)
Code also
- any associated open wound
Includes
- avulsion of joint or ligament of ankle, foot and toe
- laceration of cartilage, joint or ligament of ankle, foot and toe
- sprain of cartilage, joint or ligament of ankle, foot and toe
- traumatic hemarthrosis of joint or ligament of ankle, foot and toe
- traumatic rupture of joint or ligament of ankle, foot and toe
- traumatic subluxation of joint or ligament of ankle, foot and toe
- traumatic tear of joint or ligament of ankle, foot and toe
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.
- Tenosynovitis
- Injury > axilla
- Sprain > tarsal
- Sprain > scapula
- Sprain > midtarsal
- Avulsion > ligament
- Division > ligament
- Sprain > foot > toe
- Detachment > ligament
- Dislocation > partial
- Disruption > ligament
- Injury > toe > sprain
- Laceration > ligament
- Tear, torn > ligament
- Detachment > cartilage
- Injury > foot > sprain
- Sprain > phalanx > toe
- Tear, torn > cartilage
- Dislocation > incomplete
- Hemarthrosis > traumatic
- Injury > scapular region
- Sprain > tarsometatarsal
- Avulsion > joint > capsule
- Injury > shoulder > sprain
- Laceration > joint capsule
- Laceration > capsule, joint
- Tear, torn > capsule, joint
- Sprain > metatarsophalangeal
- Disorder > tendon > synovitis
- Rupture, ruptured > cartilage
- Synovitis > traumatic, current
- Disorder > joint > hemarthrosis
- Disorder > synovium > synovitis
- Hemorrhage, hemorrhagic > joint
- Sprain > shoulder joint > blade
- Dislocation > vertebra > partial
- Subluxation > ligament, traumatic
- Rupture, ruptured > traumatic > ligament
- Rupture, ruptured > joint capsule, traumatic
- Rupture, ruptured > traumatic > ligament > foot
Showing 40 of 46 index phrases.
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| S93.50 | Unspecified sprain of toe | Not billable |
| S93.51 | Sprain of interphalangeal joint of toe | Not billable |