Specific code 2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 893.2
Open wound of toe(s), with tendon involvement
  • 2014
  • Billable Thru Sept 30/2015
  • Non-Billable On/After Oct 1/2015

  • Short description: Open wound toe w tendon.
  • ICD-9-CM 893.2 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 893.2 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
  • You are viewing the 2014 version of ICD-9-CM 893.2.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 893.2: 2015.
893.2 can be converted using the following scenario:
Scenario 1
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S96.929A Laceration of unspecified muscle and tendon at ankle and foot level, unspecified foot, initial encounter
  • With:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S91.109A Unspecified open wound of unspecified toe(s) without damage to nail, initial encounter
    Or:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM S91.209A Unspecified open wound of unspecified toe(s) with damage to nail, initial encounter
Approximate Synonyms
  • Laceration of tendon of left toe
  • Laceration of tendon of right toe
  • Left toe tendon laceration
  • Right toe tendon laceration
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 893.2:
  • Wound, open (by cutting or piercing instrument) (by firearms) (cut) (dissection) (incised) (laceration) (penetration) (perforating) (puncture) (with initial hemorrhage, not internal) 879.8
    • toe(s) (nail) (subungual) 893.0
      • with tendon involvement 893.2
      • complicated 893.1
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