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S91.101 vs S91.103

S91.101 (Unspecified open wound of right great toe without damage to nail) compared with S91.103 (Unspecified open wound of unspecified great toe without damage to nail), from the official CMS tabular data. S91.101 and S91.103 code the same condition on opposite sides.

Relationship

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Laterality relationship

S91.101
Right
Unspecified open wound of right great toe without damage to nail
S91.103
Unspecified
Unspecified open wound of unspecified great toe without damage to nail

Same condition; these differ only in which side is documented.

These codes share a category and title and differ only in the side affected. The documentation decides which applies, and a bilateral code is reported only where the code set provides one.

Source: ICD-10-CM tabular list (laterality variant derived from the code title)

Can these codes be reported together?

Same condition, opposite side. S91.101 and S91.103 name the same condition on opposite sides of the body.

Same category and title, differing only in which side is affected — the documentation decides which one applies, and a bilateral code is reported only where the code set provides one.

Side by side

S91.101Unspecified open wound of right great toe without damage to nailS91.103Unspecified open wound of unspecified great toe without damage to nail
Billing statusNon-billable header

Report instead: S91.101A, S91.101D, S91.101S

Non-billable header

Report instead: S91.103A, S91.103D, S91.103S

ClassificationS00-T88 — Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88)S00-T88 — Injury, Poisoning and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (S00-T88)
DefinitionUnspecified open wound of right great toe without damage to nail is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (S91.101).Unspecified open wound of unspecified great toe without damage to nail is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (S91.103).
7th characterThe appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S91The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from category S91

Derived from the official CMS ICD-10-CM tabular data (FY2026). Not billing advice; verify sequencing rules for the encounter. All data sources