Physeal fracture of phalanx 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.

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

Submit one of these 6 more specific codes instead:

S99.20 Unspecified physeal fracture of phalanx of toe (also a header)
S99.21 Salter-Harris Type I physeal fracture of phalanx of toe (also a header)
S99.22 Salter-Harris Type II physeal fracture of phalanx of toe (also a header)
S99.23 Salter-Harris Type III physeal fracture of phalanx of toe (also a header)
S99.24 Salter-Harris Type IV physeal fracture of phalanx of toe (also a header)
S99.29 Other physeal fracture of phalanx of toe (also a header)

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2017 to now.

FY2017 Added to the code set Physeal fracture of phalanx 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 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

Code	Description	Status
S99.0	Physeal fracture of calcaneus	Not billable
S99.1	Physeal fracture of metatarsal	Not billable
S99.8	Other specified injuries of ankle and foot	Not billable
S99.9	Unspecified injury of ankle and foot	Not billable