S96.091
S96.091 — Other injury of muscle and tendon of long flexor muscle of toe at ankle and foot level, right foot
Non-billable headerICD-10-CMright
S96.091 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other injury of muscle and tendon of long flexor muscle of toe at ankle and foot level, right 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 S96
- A
- initial encounter
- D
- subsequent encounter
- S
- sequela
Risk adjustment
S96.091 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 S96.091
3 child codes. Green means billable.
- S96.091AOther injury of muscle and tendon of long flexor muscle of toe at ankle and foot level, right foot, initial encounter
- S96.091DOther injury of muscle and tendon of long flexor muscle of toe at ankle and foot level, right foot, subsequent encounter
- S96.091SOther injury of muscle and tendon of long flexor muscle of toe at ankle and foot level, right foot, sequela
Related codes at this level
Codes that share S96.09. If S96.091 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
Questions about S96.091
- Is S96.091 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- No. S96.091 is a non-billable header code. Code to a higher level of specificity using one of its child codes.
- Where does S96.091 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).