Salter-Harris Type II physeal fracture of metatarsal

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:

S99.121 Salter-Harris Type II physeal fracture of right metatarsal (also a header)
S99.122 Salter-Harris Type II physeal fracture of left metatarsal (also a header)
S99.129 Salter-Harris Type II physeal fracture of unspecified metatarsal (also a header)

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2017 to now.

FY2017 Added to the code set Salter-Harris Type II physeal fracture of metatarsal

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 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.

Fracture, traumatic > metatarsal bone > physeal > Salter-Harris > Type II

Codes in the same group

Code	Description	Status
S99.10	Unspecified physeal fracture of metatarsal	Not billable
S99.11	Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of metatarsal	Not billable
S99.13	Salter-Harris Type III physeal fracture of metatarsal	Not billable
S99.14	Salter-Harris Type IV physeal fracture of metatarsal	Not billable
S99.19	Other physeal fracture of metatarsal	Not billable