S92.81
S92.81 — Other fracture of foot
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
S92.81 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other fracture of foot. 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 S92
- A
- initial encounter for closed fracture
- B
- initial encounter for open fracture
- D
- subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
- G
- subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
- K
- subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
- P
- subsequent encounter for fracture with malunion
- S
- sequela
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Sesamoid fracture of foot
Risk adjustment
S92.81 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.
Code to one of these instead S92.81
3 child codes. Green means billable.
Questions about S92.81
- Is S92.81 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S92.81 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S92.81 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).