S91.23
Puncture wound without foreign body of toe with damage to nail
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 8 never code together
7th character 3
A initial encounter
D subsequent encounter
S sequela
Instructional notes 4
S91code
Code also
- any associated wound infection
S00-T88chapter
Notes
- 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
- 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.
Use additional code
- code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)Z18.-
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Alongside this code 5 same parent — S91.2
S91.20 Unspecified open wound of toe with damage to nail category S91.21 Laceration without foreign body of toe with damage to nail category S91.22 Laceration with foreign body of toe with damage to nail category S91.24 Puncture wound with foreign body of toe with damage to nail category S91.25 Open bite of toe with damage to nail category
Subordinate codes 7
S91.231 Pnctr w/o foreign body of right great toe w damage to nail S91.232 Pnctr w/o foreign body of left great toe w damage to nail S91.233 Pnctr w/o foreign body of unsp great toe w damage to nail S91.234 Pnctr w/o fb of right lesser toe(s) w damage to nail S91.235 Pnctr w/o fb of left lesser toe(s) w damage to nail S91.236 Pnctr w/o fb of unsp lesser toe(s) w damage to nail S91.239 Pnctr w/o foreign body of unsp toe(s) w damage to nail
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