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:
Code Classification
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Injury and poisoning (800–999)
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Superficial injury (910-919)
- 917 Superficial injury of foot and toe(s)
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Superficial injury (910-919)
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.