2015 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 917.8
Other and unspecified superficial injury of foot and toes, without mention of infection
- 2015
- Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
- Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015
- ICD-9-CM 917.8 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 917.8 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
Convert to ICD-10-CM:
917.8 converts approximately to:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S90.929A Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified foot, initial encounter
Or:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S90.933A Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified great toe, initial encounter
Or:
- 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S90.936A Unspecified superficial injury of unspecified lesser toe(s), initial encounter
Approximate Synonyms
- Metal foreign body in dorsum of foot
- Metal foreign body in foot
- Metal foreign body in great toe
- Metal foreign body in heel
- Metal foreign body in sole of foot
- Metal foreign body in toe
- Multiple superficial injuries of ankle and foot
- Scratch of dorsum of foot
- Scratch of foot
- Scratch of great toe
- Scratch of sole of foot
- Scratch of toe
- Superficial injury of dorsum of foot
- Superficial injury of foot
- Superficial injury of foot and toe
- Superficial injury of foot without infection
- Superficial injury of great toe
- Superficial injury of heel
- Superficial injury of left foot
- Superficial injury of left great toe
- Superficial injury of left lesser toe
- Superficial injury of little toe
- Superficial injury of right foot
- Superficial injury of right great toe
- Superficial injury of right lesser toe
- Superficial injury of sole of foot
- Superficial injury of toe
- Superficial injury of toe without infection
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to
917.8:
- Syndrome - see also Disease
hair tourniquet - see also Injury, superficial, by site
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