S91.236 — Puncture wound without foreign body of unspecified lesser toe(s) with damage to nail
S91.236 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for puncture wound without foreign body of unspecified lesser toe(s) with damage to nail. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below. This code also requires a 7th character before it is complete.
This code requires a 7th character
The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S91
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
S91.236 does not map to an HCC and does not risk-adjust under CMS-HCC V28. That is normal — most ICD-10 codes do not. It still needs to be coded correctly; it just will not move a RAF score.
How S91.236 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to S91.236.
- Puncture›toe›lesser›with›damage to nail
Code to one of these instead S91.236
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- S91.236APuncture wound without foreign body of unspecified lesser toe(s) with damage to nail, initial encounter
- S91.236DPuncture wound without foreign body of unspecified lesser toe(s) with damage to nail, subsequent encounter
- S91.236SPuncture wound without foreign body of unspecified lesser toe(s) with damage to nail, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S91.23. If S91.236 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- S91.231Puncture wound without foreign body of right great toe with damage to nail
- S91.232Puncture wound without foreign body of left great toe with damage to nail
- S91.233Puncture wound without foreign body of unspecified great toe with damage to nail
- S91.234Puncture wound without foreign body of right lesser toe(s) with damage to nail
- S91.235Puncture wound without foreign body of left lesser toe(s) with damage to nail
- S91.239Puncture wound without foreign body of unspecified toe(s) with damage to nail
Questions about S91.236
- Is S91.236 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S91.236 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S91.236 sit in the tabular list?
- Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88), in the block Injuries to the ankle and foot (S90-S99).