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S99.921 vs S99.922

S99.921 (Unspecified injury of right foot) compared with S99.922 (Unspecified injury of left foot), from the official CMS tabular data. S99.921 and S99.922 code the same condition on opposite sides.

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Laterality relationship

S99.921
Right
Unspecified injury of right foot
S99.922
Left
Unspecified injury of left foot

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. S99.921 and S99.922 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

S99.921Unspecified injury of right footS99.922Unspecified injury of left foot
Billing statusNon-billable header

Report instead: S99.921A, S99.921D, S99.921S

Non-billable header

Report instead: S99.922A, S99.922D, S99.922S

ClassificationS00-T88 — Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causesS00-T88 — Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes
DefinitionUnspecified injury of right foot is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (S99.921).Unspecified injury of left foot is a non-billable ICD-10-CM category code (S99.922).
7th characterThe appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from subcategory S99.9The appropriate 7th character is to be added to each code from subcategory S99.9

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