ICD-9 Code 917.0

Abrasion or friction burn of foot and toe(s), without mention of infection

Not Valid for Submission

917.0 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of abrasion or friction burn of foot and toe(s), without mention of infection. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.

ICD-9: 917.0
Short Description:Abrasion foot & toe
Long Description:Abrasion or friction burn of foot and toe(s), without mention of infection

Convert 917.0 to ICD-10

The following crosswalk between ICD-9 to ICD-10 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:

  • S90.413A - Abrasion, unspecified great toe, initial encounter
  • S90.416A - Abrasion, unspecified lesser toe(s), initial encounter
  • S90.819A - Abrasion, unspecified foot, initial encounter

Code Classification

  • Injury and poisoning (800–999)
    • Superficial injury (910-919)
      • 917 Superficial injury of foot and toe(s)

Information for Medical Professionals

Synonyms

  • Abrasion and/or friction burn of foot without infection
  • Abrasion and/or friction burn of toe without infection
  • Abrasion of dorsum of foot
  • Abrasion of foot
  • Abrasion of sole of foot
  • Abrasion, toe

ICD-9 Footnotes

General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-9 and ICD-10 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.

  • Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
  • No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
  • Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.