Other and unspecified injuries of ankle and foot
Non-billable header
S99 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Inclusion terms
Includes
- Note: Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
- Note: The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
More specific codes S99
Related codes
- S90Superficial injury of ankle, foot and toesNeeds 7th char
- S91Open wound of ankle, foot and toesNeeds 7th char
- S92Fracture of foot and toe, except ankleNeeds 7th char
- S93Dislocation and sprain of joints and ligaments at ankle, foot and toe levelNeeds 7th char
- S94Injury of nerves at ankle and foot levelNeeds 7th char
- S95Injury of blood vessels at ankle and foot levelNeeds 7th char
- S96Injury of muscle and tendon at ankle and foot levelNeeds 7th char
- S97Crushing injury of ankle and footNeeds 7th char
- S98Traumatic amputation of ankle and footNeeds 7th char