Ingrown Toenail ICD-10-CM Codes

Is this lone ingrown toenail ICD-10 code billable?

Yes. This lone ICD-10 code for Ingrown Toenails is valid and billable.

Clinical information

Nails are supposed to grow over the skin. If nails grow into the surrounding skin instead of over them, you call those nails ingrown. These nails are painful because they slowly pierce through the skin, growing deeper and deeper if not addressed as soon as possible. It can cause the finger or toenail to swell and become red, especially on the side where the ingrowth occurs. It may even become infected.

Cases of ingrowth in toes usually occur in the big toe, but it can happen on any toe. What causes the ingrowth to happen depends on these factors:

• Poorly fitted shoes that compress the toes too much
• Stubbing your toe on a hard object
• Any injuries to the toenail
• Trimming your toenails improperly

Synonyms include

• Ingrown nail
• Ingrown toenail
• Ingrowing great toenail
• Ingrowing nail of toe of left foot
• Ingrowing nail of toe of right foot
• Ingrowing nail with infection
• Ingrown toenail, infected
• Left ingrown toenail
• Left ingrown toenail with infection
• Right ingrown toenail
• Right ingrown toenail with infection